All 3 Uses of
dilate
in
The House of Mirth
- Her whole being dilated in an atmosphere of luxury; it was the background she required, the only climate she could breathe in.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- He leaned back, spreading himself farther across the seat, as if dilated by the joyful sense of his own discernment.†
Chpt 1.7
- She was too genuinely ignorant of the manipulations of the stock-market to understand his technical explanations, or even perhaps to perceive that certain points in them were slurred; the haziness enveloping the transaction served as a veil for her embarrassment, and through the general blur her hopes dilated like lamps in a fog.†
Chpt 1.7
Definition:
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(dilate as in: dilated eyes) become wider (bigger)