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
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            They in full joy elaborate a sigh,    --Young.
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   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.
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            The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted
            as it circulates through the vessels of the plant.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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