| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Causing dilation; tending to dilate, on enlarge; expansive.[Websters]
2. Being distensible. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb dilatively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (dilatively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dilative.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DILATIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1809. (references) |
