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elaborate definition

elabo·rate (ē labə rit, i-; for v., -ə rāt′)

adjective

  1. worked out carefully; developed in great detail
  2. highly wrought or ornamented; complicated
  3. painstaking

Etymology: L elaboratus, pp. of elaborare, to work out, labor greatly < e-, out + laborare < labor, labor

transitive verb elaborated -·rat′ed, elaborating -·rat′·ing

  1. to produce by effort
  2. to work out carefully; develop in great detail
  3. to change (food or substances in the body) into compounds that can be assimilated, excreted, etc.

intransitive verb

to state something in detail or add more details: usually with on or upon

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