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.
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.
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