Both Uses of
dilate
in
Anna Karenina
- Vronsky patted her strong neck, straightened over her sharp withers a stray lock of her mane that had fallen on the other side, and moved his face near her dilated nostrils, transparent as a bat's wing.†
Part 2 *
- Sniffing in the air with dilated nostrils, she felt at once that not their tracks only but they themselves were here before her, and not one, but many.†
Part 6
Definition:
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(dilate as in: dilated eyes) become wider (bigger)