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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elaborated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Elaborating.]
1. To produce with labor
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They in full joy elaborate a sigh, --Young.
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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.
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The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted
as it circulates through the vessels of the plant.
--Arbuthnot.
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WordNet elaborate
adj 1: marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate
lace pattern" [syn: 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: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning
of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
"She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
[syn: lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, {flesh
out}, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abridge]
2: produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more
developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"
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]

Moby Dictionary
Babylonian , Byzantine , Corinthian , Gongoresque , Gongoristic ,
Marinistic , adorn , affected , amplify , arabesque , artificial ,
assemble , assiduous , awe-inspiring , awful , balled up , barbaric ,
baroque , beautify , build , busy , cast , chichi , clarify , comment ,
complete , complex , complicated , compose , compound , concoct ,
confounded , confused , construct , convolute , convoluted , crabbed ,
create , cultivate , daedal , decorate , decorated , deluxe , descant ,
detail , detailed , develop , devious , devise , dilate , diligent ,
discuss , dressy , dwell upon , elaborated , elegant , embellish ,
embellished , embrangled , embroider , enlarge , enlarge upon , enrich ,
entangled , enter into detail , erect , euphuistic , evolve , expand ,
expatiate , explain , explicate , expound , extravagant , extrude ,
fabricate , fancy , fashion , festoon , fine , finish , flamboyant ,
florid , flourish , flowery , form , formulate , fouled up , frame ,
frilly , fudge together , fussy , get up , gild , glorious , go into ,
gordian , grand , grandiose , high-wrought , hyperelegant , implicated ,
imposing , impressive , indite , industrious , interpret , intricate ,
involuted , involve , involved , knotted , knotty , labor , labored ,
labyrinthian , labyrinthine , load with ornament , loused up ,
luxuriant , luxurious , magnificent , majestic , make , make up ,
mannered , manufacture , many-faceted , matted , mature , mazy ,
meandering , messed up , mixed up , mold , moresque , mucked up ,
multifarious , noble , operose , ornament , ornate , ostentatious ,
overcharge , overdone , overelaborate , overelegant , overlabored ,
overlay , overload , overnice , overrefined , overworked , overwrought ,
painstaking , palatial , particularize , patch together , perfect ,
perplexed , picturesque , piece together , plush , polish , posh ,
precieuse , precieux , precious , prefabricate , prepare , pretentious ,
pretty-pretty , princely , produce , proud , put together , put up ,
raise , ramified , rear , refine , rehearse in extenso ,
relate at large , rich , ripen , ritzy , rococo , roundabout , run up ,
screwed up , season , sedulous , set up , shape , snarled ,
sophisticated , spell out , splendacious , splendid , splendiferous ,
stately , studied , subtle , sumptuous , superb , superfancy , superfine ,
swank , swanky , swell , tangled , tangly , thorough , thoroughgoing ,
trick out , twisted , unfold , unnatural , varnish , whomp up , work out ,
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