Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DI-LAT'A-BLE
DI-LA-TA-BIL'I-TYDIL-A-TA'TION
DI-LAT'A-BLE, a.
Capable of expansion; possessing elasticity; elastic. A bladder is dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat. It is opposed to contractible.
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