verb (used with object), di·lat·ed, di·lat·ing. to make wider or larger; cause to expand.

How do you spell dilate your eyes?

To dilate something is to make it wider. When the light fades, the pupil of your eye will dilate, meaning it looks bigger. The verb dilate comes from the Latin word dilatare, which means “enlarge” or “spread out.” When something stretches, expands, or becomes wider, it is said to dilate.

What is Dialate?

transitive verb. : to enlarge, widen, or cause to expand dilate his pupils with atropine the drug dilates peripheral arteries. intransitive verb. : to become enlarged, expanded, or widened the cervix was dilating the pupils dilated.