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postdilate

postdilate verb: to dilate after another process.

Verb

postdilate (third-person singular simple present postdilates, present participle postdilating, simple past and past participle postdilated)

  1. To dilate after another process

Forms of postdilate

third-person singular presentpostdilates
present participlepostdilating
past participlepostdilated
pastpostdilated

Origin of postdilate

From post- + dilate.

Questions about postdilate

What does postdilate mean?
Postdilate means to dilate after another process.
What part of speech is postdilate?
Postdilate is a verb.
What is the past tense of postdilate?
The past tense of postdilate is postdilated.

Words near postdilate in the dictionary

  1. postdigestion
  2. postdigestive
  3. postdigital
  4. postdilatation
  5. postdilatations
  6. postdilate
  7. postdilated
  8. postdilation
  9. postdilution
  10. postdiluvial
  11. postdiluvian

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