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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
elaborate
adj 1: marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate
lace pattern"; "intricate needlework" [syn: {intricate},
{luxuriant}]
2: 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: {detailed}, {elaborated}]
v 1: elaborate or expatiate upon give details; "She elaborated
on her plans" [syn: {expatiate}, {enlarge}, {flesh out},
{expand}, {expound}, {dilate}]
2: produce by labor
3: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or
pattern" [syn: {complicate}, {refine}, {rarify}]
4: work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" [syn: {work out}]
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