ELABORATE

I. adjective see: laboratory Date: 1592 planned or carried out with great care , marked by complexity, fullness of detail, or ornateness , ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. verb (-rated; -rating) Date: 1611 transitive verb to produce by labor, to build up (as complex organic compounds) from simple ingredients, to work out in detail ; develop , intransitive verb to become ~, to expand something in detail , elaboration noun elaborative adjective