[ɪˈlab(ə)rət], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning
(e.g: elaborate security precautions)


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Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘produced by effort of labour’, also in elaborate): from Latin elaborat- ‘worked out’, from the verb elaborare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + labor ‘work’

[ɪˈlabəreɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in further detail
(e.g: the theory was proposed by Cope and elaborated by Osborn)

- (of a natural agency) produce (a substance) from its elements or simpler constituents
(e.g: many amino acid and peptide hormones are elaborated by neural tissue)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘produced by effort of labour’, also in elaborate): from Latin elaborat- ‘worked out’, from the verb elaborare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + labor ‘work’