LekhoriLekhoriThe act of dilating.
State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
Delay.
The wise queen, however she might seem to have a fair opportunity offered to her suit, finds it not good to apprehend it too suddenly; as desiring by this small dilation to prepare the ear and heart of the king for so important a request
From dilate + -ion, late 16th c.
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