ELABORATING

Verb

elaborating

present participle of elaborate

Source: Wiktionary

ELABORATE

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

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