only 1 use
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
become wider (bigger)
- The evening went by cheerfully till after tea, Dorothea talking more than usual and dilating with Mr. Farebrother on the possible histories of creatures that converse compendiously with their antennae, and for aught we know may hold reformed parliaments; when suddenly some inarticulate little sounds were heard which called everybody's attention.Book 8 — Sunset and Sunrise (54% in)
There are no more uses of "dilate" in Middlemarch.
Typical Usage
(best examples)