dilate 1) farâxândan; 2) farâxidan (#) Fr.: 1) dilater; 2) se dilater 1) (v.tr.) To make wider or larger; cause to expand. M.E. dilaten, from O.Fr. dilater, from L. dilatare "make wider, enlarge," from → dis- "apart" + latus "wide," → latitude. Farâxândan, farâxidan, infinitive from farâx "broad, wide, spacious;" Mid.Pers. frâxv, fraxv "broad, wide," frâxvitan, frâxvênitan "to spread." |