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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
- Example: "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
[syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate]

2. produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product;
- Example: "The bee elaborates honey"

3. make more complex, intricate, or richer;
- Example: "refine a design or pattern"
[syn: complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate]

4. work out in detail;
- Example: "elaborate a plan"
[syn: elaborate, work out]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. marked by complexity and richness of detail;
- Example: "an elaborate lace pattern"
[syn: elaborate, luxuriant]

2. developed or executed with care and in minute detail;
- Example: "a detailed plan"
- Example: "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan
- Example: "the carefully elaborated theme"
[syn: detailed, elaborate, elaborated]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, a. [L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare
   to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See
   Labor.]
   Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied;
   executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate
   discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
   [1913 Webster]

         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.
        [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elaborated; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Elaborating.]
   1. To produce with labor
      [1913 Webster]

            They in full joy elaborate a sigh,    --Young.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

            The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted
            as it circulates through the vessels of the plant.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

elaborate
    adj 1: marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an
           elaborate lace pattern" [syn: elaborate, luxuriant]
    2: 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" [syn: detailed, elaborate,
       elaborated]
    v 1: 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" [syn:
         elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit,
         enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate]
         [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut,
         foreshorten, reduce, shorten]
    2: produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more
       developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"
    3: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or
       pattern" [syn: complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate]
    4: work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" [syn: elaborate,
       work out]