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  1. 1. n. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement. Source: opted
  2. 2. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. the result of improving something Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. a discussion that provides additional information Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. marked by elaborately complex detail Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. developing in intricate and painstaking detail Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement. 2. (Physiol.) 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. Source: webster
  9. 9. The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed bythe living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crudesubstance is changed into something of a higher order; as, theelaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, ortissues. Source: adambom
  10. 10. n:100 n. developing in intricate and painstaking detail Source: ecdict

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