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St was done or Suffered, muff make amends to the fuc. 
CelTor ; and if the proceedings are agajnft tli.e incumbent, 
then they ought to be in the fpiritual court. That court 
jnay alio proceed againft an executor, or the iucceffor 
may have an aftion of the cafe or debt at the common 
law, in which aftion he (hall recover damages in propor¬ 
tion to the dilapidations, i Nclf. Abr. 656. 3 Lczj. 268. It 
is alfo laid to be good caufe of deprivation, if the bifhop, 
parfon, vicar, or other eccleliaflical perfon, dilapidates 
the buildings, or cuts down timber growing on the pa¬ 
trimony of the church, unlefs for neceffary repairs. And 
that a writ of prohibition will alfo lie againft him in the 
courts of common law. 3 Buljl. 158. 
By 13 Eliz. c. 10. if any parfon, &c. fhall tnake a gift 
of his goods and perfonal eftate, to defraud his iucceffor 
of his remedy for dilapidations, fuch fucceft'or may have 
the fame remedy in the fpiritual court againft the perfon 
to whom fuch gift is made, as he might have againft the 
executors of the deceafed parfon. And, by 14 Eliz. c. 
11. money recovered for dilapidations, is to be employed 
in the reparations of the fame houfes fuffered to be in 
decay, or the party recovering fhall forfeit double the 
value of what he receives to the king. If a parfon fuf- 
fers dilapidations, and afterwards takes another benefice, 
whereby his former benefice becomes void, his fucceffor 
may have an aftion againft him, and declare that, by the 
cuftom of the kingdom, he ought to pay him fo much 
money as fhall be fufficient to repair the dilapidations. 
3 Lev. 268. In cafe a parfon comes to a living, the build¬ 
ings whereof are in d*cay by dilapidations, and his 
predeceffor did not leave a fufficient perfonal eftate to 
repair them, fo that he is without remedy, he is to have 
the defefts furveyed by workmen, and attefted under 
their hands in the prefence of vvitneffes, which may be 
a means to fecure him from the incumbrance brought 
upon him by the fault of his predeceffor. 
DILATABI'LITY, f. The quality of admitting ex- 
teniion.—We take notice of the wonderful dilatability or 
extenfivenefs of the gullets of ferpents : I have taken 
two adult mice out of the ftomach of an adder, whole 
neck was not bigger than my little finger. Ray. 
DILA-'TABLE, adj. Capable of exteniion.—The 
windpipe divides itfelf into a great number of branches 
called bronchia: thefe end in fmall air bladders, dilata¬ 
ble and contraftible, capable to be inflated by the admif- 
fio.n of air, and to fubfide at the expulfion of it. Arbuthn. 
DILATA'TION,/. [from dilatatio, Lat.] The aft of 
extending into greater lpace : oppofed to contraElion .—■ 
The motions of the tongue, by contraftion and dilatation , 
are fo eafy and fo fubtle, that you can hardly conceive 
or diftinguifti them aright. Holder. —The ftute of being 
extended; the ftate in which the parts are at more dif- 
tance from each other.—Joy caufeth a checrfulnefs and 
vigour in the eyes ; finging, leaping, dancing, and fome- 
times. tears: all thefe are the effefts of the dilatation, 
and coming forth of the fpirits into the outwards parts. 
Bacon. 
Some authors confound dilatation with rarcfaElion ; but 
the more accurate diftinguifti between them; defining 
dilatation as the expanfion of a body into a greater bulk, 
by its own elaftic power; and rarefaftion, the like ex- 
anfion produced by means of heat. It is obferved, that 
odies which, after being compreifed, and again left at 
liberty, reftore themfelves perfeftly, always endeavour 
to dilate themfelves with the fame force by which they 
are compreffed ; and accordingly, in mechanics, they fuf- 
tain a force, and raife a weight, equal to that with which 
they are compreffed. Again, bodies, in dilating by their 
elaftic power, exert a greater force at the beginning of 
their dilatation, than towards the end; as being at firft 
more compreffed; and the greater the compreilion, the 
greater the elaftic power and difpofition to dilate. So 
that the Compreffing power, the compreilion, and the 
elaftic power, are always equal. Finally, the motion by 
which compreffed bodies reftore themfelves, is ufually 
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accelerated : thus, when compreffed air begins to reftore 
itfelf, and dilate into a,greater (pace, it is ilill compref. 
fed ; and confequently a new impetus is ftill impreffed 
upon it, from the dilatative caufe ; and the former re¬ 
maining, with the increafe qf the cattfe, the effeft, that 
is, the motion and velocity, muft be increafed likewife. 
Indeed it may happen, that where, the compreilion is 
only partial, the motion of dilatation fhall not be acce¬ 
lerated, but retarded ; as is evident in the compreilion 
of a fpunge, foft bread, gauze, See. 
To DILA'TE, v. a. \_dilato, Lat.] To extend ; to fpread 
opt; to enlarge : oppofed to contraEl; 
Satan alarm’d.. 
Collefting all his might, dilated flood, 
l ike Teneriff, or Atlas, unremov’d. Milton < 
I mark the various fury of the winds ; 
Thefe neither feafons guide, nor order binds : 
They now dilate and now contraft their force ; 
Various their fpeed, but endlefs is their courfe. Prior <, 
To relate at large ; to tell diffufely and copioufty : 
But he would not endure that woful theain 
For to dilate at large ; but urged fore, 
With piercing words, and pitiful implore. Spcnfcr. 
To DILA'TE, v. n. To widen; to grow wide.—His 
heart dilates and glories in his ftrength. Addifon. —To 
ipeak largely and copioully.—It may be behoveful for 
princes, in matters of grace, to tranfaft the fame pub¬ 
licly, and by themfelves ; or their minifters to dilate upon 
it, and improve their luftre, by any addition or eloquence 
of fpeech. Clarendon. 
DILA'TOR,/. That which widens or extends.—The 
buccinatores, or blowers up of the cheeks, and the dila~ 
tors of the nofe, are too ftrong in choleric people. Arbuth , 
DI'I.ATORINESS,/. The quality of being dilatory; 
flownefs ; fluggiflinefs. 
DI'LATORY, adj. [dilatoire, Fr. dilatorius , Lat.] Tar¬ 
dy ; flow; given to procraftination ; addifted to delay ; 
fluggifh ; loitering.—A dilatory temper commits innume¬ 
rable cruelties without defign. AddiJ'on. 
Dilatory fortune plays the jilt 
With the brave, noble, honeft, gallant, man, 
To throw herfelf away on fools and knaves. Otway. 
DI'LATORY PLEA,/, in law, a plea put in merely 
for delay; and there may be a demurrer to a dilatory 
plea, or ifftte may be taken on the faft, if falfe. If the 
plea is true in faft, and good in law, and is in abatement, 
the plaintiff'muft enter up judgment of cajfetur , before he 
commences a new fuir. If the plea is adjudged ill, on 
demurrer, there muft be a rcfpondcas oujler, and defendant 
muft plead another plea. If ifl'ue in faft is taken, and 
found by the jury for plaintiff, in cafe, See. they affefs 
the damages. In debt, the judgment for plaintiff is final. 
Sec. The truth of dilatory pleas is to be made out by 
affidavit of the faft, Sec. by 4 An. c. 16. 
DILA'TRIS,/. In botany, a genus of the clafs triaii- 
dria, order monogynia, natural order enfatae, (hides, 
jfujf.) The generic characters are—Calyx : none. Co¬ 
rolla : fix-petalled, fuperior; petals ovate-lanceolate, 
concave, from ereft-fpreading, equal, hirfute on tlie out- 
fide, permanent. Stamina: filaments three fubulate, 
fliorter than the corolla, the third lefs than the other 
two ; antherae ovate-lanceolate, two furrowed ; that on 
the finaller filament larger. Piftillum : germ inferior ; 
ftyle filiform; ftigma fimple, obtufe. Pericarpittm: cap- 
fule globular, extremely hirfute, three-celled, three- 
valved. Seeds.: folitary, orbicular, compreffed, fmooth, 
perpendicular.— EJJ'entialChar.aEler. Calyx, none; corol¬ 
la, fix-petalled hirfute; filaments one lefs than the others; 
ftigma fimple. 
Species. 1. Dilatris umbellata, or umbelled dilatris ; 
Petals ovate; corymb faftigiate, hirfute. The whole plant 
hoary, and very villofe, except the infide of the flower ; 
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