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dilatate

dilatate adjective: dilated.

Adjective

dilatate (comparative more dilatate, superlative most dilatate)

  1. (rare) Dilated.

Verb

dilatate (third-person singular simple present dilatates, present participle dilatating, simple past and past participle dilatated)

  1. (rare) To dilate.

Forms of dilatate

Adjective
comparativemore dilatate
superlativemost dilatate
Verb
third-person singular presentdilatates
present participledilatating
past participledilatated
pastdilatated

Origin of dilatate

Borrowed from Latin dīlātātus, perfect passive participle of dīlātō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of dilate.

Questions about dilatate

What does dilatate mean?
Dilatate means dilated.
What part of speech is dilatate?
Dilatate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near dilatate in the dictionary

  1. dilatable
  2. dilatancies
  3. dilatancy
  4. dilatant
  5. dilatants
  6. dilatate
  7. dilatated
  8. dilatates
  9. dilatating
  10. dilatation
  11. dilatation and curettage

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