Past tense of dilate

Forms of dilate

Dilated in a sentence

• The presentation of the thirty-four-year-old male in the emergency room was slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation.From the entry presentation
• Her eyes glazed over, her pupils dilated, and she just watched my lips move, entranced and attracted.2005, Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, page 154. From the entry doggy dinner bowl look
• The rim of a small-sized lens along with zonule is clearly seen through the fully dilated pupil.2004, E. Ahmed, A Textbook of Ophthalmology, page 270. From the entry zonule
• An outermost, “ballooning” membrane was seen to form dilated vesicles above the subtendent “armour” layer.1988, British Phycological Journal, page 53. From the entry subtendent
• Stenoteles and euryteles are both rhopaloids, nematocysts characterized by an anisodiametrically dilated shaft.1984, Zoologische Mededeelingen, page 41. From the entry rhopaloid

Meaning of dilate

1. verb To enlarge; to make bigger.
2. verb To become wider or larger; to expand.
3. verb To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".

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Questions about the past tense of dilate

What is the past tense of dilate?

The past tense of dilate is dilated.

What is the past participle of dilate?

The past participle of dilate is dilated.

Is dilate a regular or irregular verb?

Dilate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.