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Definition of ELABORATE
Elaborate Elaborate E*lab"o*rate, a. [L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare
to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See
Labor.]
Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied;
executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate
discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. --Waller.
Syn: Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought.
-- E*lab"o*rate*ly, adv. -- E*lab"o*rate*ness, n.
Elaborate Elaborate E*lab"o*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elaborated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Elaborating.]
1. To produce with labor
They in full joy elaborate a sigh, --Young.
2. To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with
labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to
elaborate a painting or a literary work.
The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted
as it circulates through the vessels of the plant.
--Arbuthnot.
