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elaborate 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. Syn. -- Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high- wrought. -- E*lab"o*rate*ly, adv. -- E*lab"o*rate*ness, n. elaborate v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Elaborated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Elaborating (?).] 1. To
produce with labor
They in full joy elaborate a sigh, 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. This entry based on 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary |