Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which enlarges or expands
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, dilates, expands, or enlarges.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
dilates ,expands , orenlarges .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ
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Examples
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Supplements come and go, and very few are actually road tested by the FDA or the medical community, so caution is warranted. is a "vaso-dilater," which have been around for years.
WordPress.com News 2008
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à se mettre en devoir de faire preuve de sa puissance habitant charnellement avec sa partie et faisant intromission: ou souvent aduiennent des altercations honteuses et ridicules, l'homme se plaignant que sa partie ne le veut laisser faire et empesche l'intromission; elle le niant et disant qu'il veut mettre le doigt et la dilater, et ouvrir par ce moyen; de sorte qu'il faudroit qu'un homme fust sans apprehension et pire qu'aucunes bêstes, ou que
Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction John Davenport 1833
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And the ephedra has the added benefit of making my lungs not feel all asthmatic. [ephedra is a bronchial dilater] [Incidently, sugar busters IS making me loose weight; 12 pounds in the last couple of months.
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2001
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