3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elaborate \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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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}]