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Webster 1913 Edition

Elaborate

E-lab′o-rate

,
Adj.
[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.
–
E-lab′o-rate-ly
,
adv.
–
E-lab′o-rate-ness
,
Noun.

E-lab′o-rate

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Elaborate

ELAB'ORATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. elaboro, from laboro, labor. See Labor.]
1.
To produce with labor.
They in full joy elaborate a sigh.
2.
To improve or refine by successive operations. The heat of the sun elaborates the juices of plants and renders the fruit more perfect.

ELAB'ORATE

,
Adj.
[L. elaboratus.] Wrought with labor; finished with great diligence; studies; executed with exactness; as an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance.
Drawn to the life in each elaborate page.

Definition 2024

elaborate

elaborate

English

Adjective

elaborate ‎(comparative more elaborate, superlative most elaborate)

  1. Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
    After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.‎
  2. Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
    I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.‎
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter I”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

Translations

Verb

elaborate ‎(third-person singular simple present elaborates, present participle elaborating, simple past and past participle elaborated)

  1. (intransitive) (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).
    What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?
    Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?

Translations

Italian

Verb

elaborate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of elaborare
  2. second-person plural imperative of elaborare
  3. feminine plural of elaborato

Latin

Verb

ēlabōrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēlabōrō

Etymology

1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus ‎(“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō ‎(“to work out”), from ē- ‎(“out, forth, fully”) + labor ‎(“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.

Pronunciation

  • Adjective: ĭlă'bərət, IPA(key): /ɪˈlæbərət/
  • Verb: ĭlă'bərāt, IPA(key): /ɪˈlæbəreɪt/

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