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ELABORATE
detailed, elaborate, elaborated
(adjective) 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”
elaborate, luxuriant
(adjective) marked by complexity and richness of detail; “an elaborate lace pattern”
elaborate, work out
(verb) work out in detail; “elaborate a plan”
complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
(verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer; “refine a design or pattern”
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
(verb) 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”
elaborate
(verb) produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; “The bee elaborates honey”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
elaborate (comparative more elaborate, superlative most elaborate)
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
Verb
elaborate (third-person singular simple present elaborates, present participle elaborating, simple past and past participle elaborated)
(transitive) to develop in detail or complexity
(intransitive) (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand in detail
Source: Wiktionary
E*lab"o*rate, a. Etym: [L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See Labor.]
Definition: 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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
25 December 2024
UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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