Thesaurus: elaborate

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1. a. Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
2. v. t. To produce with labor
3. 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.
4. adj. marked by complexity and richness of detail
5. adj. developed or executed with care and in minute detail
6. v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
7. v. produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
8. v. make more complex, intricate, or richer
9. v. work out in detail
10. 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. 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.
11. Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executedwith exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; anelaborate performance; elaborate research.Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. Waller.
12. j:65/v:35 v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing v. produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product v. work out in detail s. marked by complexity and richness of detail