- (n.) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle or sap or tissues.
- (n.) The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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