Elaborate

E`lab´o`rate

a.	1.	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.
v. t.	1.	To produce with labor [imp. & p. p. Elaborated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Elaborating .] 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.

Verb	1.	elaborate - 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" Synonyms: expatiate, expound, lucubrate, flesh out, exposit, dilate, enlarge, expand
	2.	elaborate - produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"
	3.	elaborate - make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" Synonyms: rarify, refine, complicate
	4.	elaborate - work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" Synonyms: work out
Adj.	1.	elaborate - marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern" Synonyms: luxuriant
	2.	elaborate - 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" Synonyms: detailed, elaborated

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