dilate
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DiFranco's new CD, Dilate, is her best yet--her vocals and guitar work still seethe, but she's added atmospheric touches, such as a trippy hip-hop beat on a cover of the song Amazing Grace.
From Time Magazine Archive
On Dilate she mostly focuses on a single subject: a traumatic romance she's been involved in for about a year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our griefe doth but contract the heart, & gladnesse Dilate the same; and soo too much of eyther Is hott i'th' fourth degree.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Goldfish swim in a bowl, glisten in sunlight, Dilate to a gorgeous size, blow delicate bubbles, Drowse among dark green weeds.
From The House of Dust; a symphony by Aiken, Conrad
Dilate not at all, but urge him to leave the town without delay.
From The Son of Clemenceau by Dumas fils, Alexandre
Vocabulary lists containing dilate
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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Selected Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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