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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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