different between dilater vs diluter

English

Alternative forms

• dilator

Etymology

dilate +? -er

Noun

dilater (plural dilaters)

1. One who, or that which, dilates, expands, or enlarges.

Anagrams

• redtail, trailed, trialed

French

Verb

dilater

1. (transitive) to dilate

Conjugation

Further reading

• “dilater” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• délirât

Latin

Verb

d?l?ter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of d?l?t?

Middle French

Etymology

Attested at least as early as 1314, borrowed from Latin d?l?t?.

Verb

dilater

1. (transitive) to spread
2. (reflexive, se dilater) to spread out; to cover a larger area than before
   • (Can we date this quote?)

     La ou la mer s'espant et se dilate

     In the place where the sea expands and spreads out

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

English

Etymology

dilute +? -er

Noun

diluter (plural diluters)

1. A substance used for diluting.
   • 1719, John Quincy, Pharmacopœia officinalis & extemporanea

     Very little is prescribed in the Shops under this Intention, because the Kitchen so much better supplies all of this Kind, and furnishes the common Diluters, of which Sage Tea, Lemonade with a little Wine, and Wine and Water, are much the best […]

2. (chemistry) A device that adds a measured amount of sample to a measured amount of diluent.