/bi lay"beuhr/ , v.t.
1. to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary: He kept belaboring the point long after we had agreed.
2. to assail persistently, as with scorn or ridicule: a book that belabors the provincialism of his contemporaries.
3. to beat vigorously; ply with heavy blows.
4. Obs. to labor at.
Also, esp. Brit., belabour .
[ 1590-1600; BE- + LABOR ]