dilate
verb (used with object)
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
have dilated
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present perfectof dilate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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An estimated 750,000 people in the United States have dilated cardiomyopathy; about half of these cases are familial, according to the National Library of Medicine.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2016
She wasn’t having much pain, and that was typical of patients who have dilated aortas.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 28, 2012
For as a result of42 this habit many nervous people have dilated stomachs.
From How to Eat A Cure for "Nerves" by Thomas C. (Thomas Clark) Hinkle
The attempt, however, in the other direction, on which we have dilated above, was made in the arrangement of Romeo and Juliet for the Weimar stage.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke
He seemed to have dilated himself to twice his natural size!
From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
