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Elaborate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.
Synonyms: Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought. E*lab"o*rate*ly, adv. E*lab"o*rate*ness, n.