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English Dictionary: elaborate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for elaborate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elaborate adj marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern" Synonym(s): elaborate, luxuriant 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" Synonym(s): detailed, elaborate, elaborated v 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" Synonym(s): elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate Antonym(s): abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey" make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" Synonym(s): complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" Synonym(s): elaborate, work out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elaborate \Elab"orate\, 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. -- {Elab"orately}, adv. -- {Elab"orateness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elaborate \Elab"orate\, 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.