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3 definitions found 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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