Definition of: elaborate

(i·lab′ə·rāt) v. ·rat·ed, ·rat·ing v.t.
1. To create and work out with care and in detail: to elaborate a system.
2. To produce by labor; make.
—v.i.
3. To speak or write so as to embellish a matter, subject, etc., with additional details; be more specific: with on or upon.
—adjective (-ər·it) Developed in detail with care or painstaking; carefully wrought out; done with thoroughness or exactness. [<L elaboratus, pp, of elaborare <e- out + laborare work]
—e·lab′o·rate·ly adverb
—e·lab′·o·rate·ness noun
—e·lab′o·ra′tion noun
—e·lab′o·ra′tive adjective
—e·lab′o·ra′tor noun