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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elaborated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Elaborating.]
     1. To produce with labor
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They in full joy elaborate a sigh,    --Young.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted
              as it circulates through the vessels of the plant.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elaborated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Elaborating.]
     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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  elaborating
     vb.
     (present participle of en elaborate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  elaborating
     vb.
     (present participle of en elaborate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  elaborating
     vb.
     (present participle of en elaborate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  elaborating
     vb.
     (present participle of en elaborate nocat=1)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  elaborating
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en elaborate ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb elaborate)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Elaborating /ɪlˈabəɹˌeɪtɪŋ/
  التوسّع

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  elaborating /ɪlˈabəɹˌeɪtɪŋ/ 
  rozpracovávající

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  elaborating /ɪlˈabəɹˌeɪtɪŋ/
  ausarbeitend
   see: elaborate sth., elaborated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  elaborating /ɪlˈabəɹˌeɪtɪŋ/
  herausarbeitend, entwickelnd, durchkonstruierend
   see: elaborate sth., elaborated
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɪˈɫæbɝˌeɪtɪŋ/


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