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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detail \De"tail\ (d[-e]*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detailed}
(-t[=a]ld"); p. pr & vb n. {Detailing}.] [Cf. F.
d['e]tailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See
{Detail}, n.]
1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report
minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as he
detailed all the facts in due order
2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as
an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
Syn: {Detail}, {Detach}.
Usage: Detail respect the act of individualizing the person
or body that is separated; detach, the removing for
the given end or object.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
detailed
adj : developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a
detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the
inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the
carefully elaborated theme" [syn: {elaborate}, {elaborated}]
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