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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, adjective [L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See {Labor}.] Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. --Waller.
Syn: Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought. -- {E*lab"o*rate*ly}, adverb -- {E*lab"o*rate*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
elaborately
adverb: with elaboration; "it was elaborately spelled out" [syn: {intricately}, {in an elaborate way}]
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