■ adjective ɪ'lab(ə)rət involving many carefully arranged parts; detailed and complicated.
■ verb ɪ'labəreɪt
1》 develop or present in further detail.
↘(often ~ on ) add more detail to something already said.
2》 Biology (of a natural agency) produce (a substance) from its elements or simpler constituents.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
elaboration noun
elaborative adjective
elaborator noun
Origin
C16 (earlier (ME) as elaboration ): from L. elaborat- , elaborare 'work out'.