To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; - opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat.
To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.
To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; - with on or upon.
Extensive; expanded.