dilatability

Variant of dilate

transitive verb dilated, dilating

to make wider or larger; cause to expand or swell; stretch

Origin: ME dilaten < L dilatare < dis-, apart + latus, wide: see lateral

intransitive verb

  1. to become wider or larger; swell
  2. to speak or write in detail (on or upon a subject)

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