- (a.) Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To produce with labor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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