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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.

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