Vocabulary Word
Word: dilate
Definition: expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject)
Definition: expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject)
Sentences Containing 'dilate'
Another method of throwing the eyes out of focus and enabling one to judge of large relationships, is to dilate them widely.
exclaimed Caderousse, whose countenance flushed darkly as he caught the penetrating gaze of the abbe fixed on him, while the clear, calm eye of the questioner seemed to dilate with feverish scrutiny.
D'Avrigny continued to look at Noirtier; he saw the eyes of the old man dilate and become round, his cheeks turn pale and tremble; the perspiration stood in drops upon his forehead.
The count felt his heart dilate and throb; he opened his arms, and Haidee, uttering a cry, sprang into them.
In all that he says and does he is simply repeating the lesson he has learned from his books; and therefore, it is absurd to speak of him in the gushing strain of the sentimental critics when they dilate upon his nobleness, disinterestedness, dauntless courage, and so forth.
His nostrils seemed to dilate with a purely animal lust for the chase, and his mind was so absolutely concentrated upon the matter before him that a question or remark fell unheeded upon his ears, or, at the most, only provoked a quick, impatient snarl in reply.
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