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English Dictionary: belaboring by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Belabor \Be*la"bor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belabored}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Belaboring}.]
      1. To ply diligently; to work carefully upon. [bd]If the
            earth is belabored with culture, it yieldeth corn.[b8]
            --Barrow.
  
      2. To beat soundly; to cudgel.
  
                     Ajax belabors there a harmless ox.      --Dryden.
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