dilatedadj.
/dʌɪˈleɪtɪd/ a. Widened, expanded, distended, diffused, etc.: see the verb.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > expanded or enlarged
openOE
outlargeda1425
dilatedc1450
dilate1471
project?a1475
ampliated1570
enlarged1599
widened1612
extended1713
expanded1742
broadened1744
dilatate1846
larged?a1919
upsized1977
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. lvi Þat þou wiþ a dilated herte mowe renne þe way of my commandementes.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 244 A shore confines This spacious and dilated parts. View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Stanley Poems 29 In an elms dilated shade.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 986 Satan allarm'd Collecting all his might dilated stood. View more context for this quotation
1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxxix. 277 The dilated Urethra was very thin.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 77 Then there flutter'd in, Half-bold, half-frighted, with dilated eyes, A tribe of women.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. x. 230 His dilated nostril.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adjective] > described
delineate1596
dilatedc1598
delineated1641
specified1645
c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. ii. 158 Exercise treu uisdome in discerning uyselie betuixt treu & false reportis, first..& last [considering] the nature & bypaste lyfe of the dilaited person.
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1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 210 Dilated, the name given to a variety of dodecahedral calcareous-spar..in which the bases of the extreme pentagons are in some degree enlarged by the inclination of the lateral planes.
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d. Heraldry. ‘Opened or extended. Applied to a Pair of Compasses, Barnacles, etc.’ Cussans, 1882.
Derivatives
diˈlatedly adv. in a dilated manner, with dilatation; diffusely.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > prolixly
prolixlya1591
dilatedly?1623
prolixively1633
longsomely1834
long-windedly1836
?1623 O. Felltham Resolues xxi. 64 His..aberrations, wherein he hath dilatedly tumbled himselfe.
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diˈlated
diˈlated adj.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delayed, deferred, or postponed
remiss?1518
adjourned1538
delayed1548
long-delayed1548
lag1552
prorogued1552
dilated1556
lagging1597
retardate1598
fristeda1600
lagged1602
retarded1636
deferred1651
prorogatory1672
lated1676
postponed1819
protracted1838
suspended1848
put-off1871
hung up1878
held1906
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxxv. 10 Without more delated delaie.
a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 165 Your dilated resolutions of seeing London.
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