Both Uses of
dilate
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- They persisted in changing colour sometimes, and they would be occasionally dilated and contracted by something like a faint pulsation; then, they gave a look of treachery, and cruelty, to the whole countenance.†
Chpt 2.7 *dilated = wider than normal (bigger); or became wider
- Her eyes were dilated and wild, and she constantly uttered piercing shrieks, and repeated the words, 'My husband, my father, and my brother!' and then counted up to twelve, and said, 'Hush!'†
Chpt 3.10
Definition:
become wider (bigger)