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Grammar : Verb
Spell : adjective ih-lab-er-it; verb ih-lab-uh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; verb ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt



Definition of elaborates

Origin :
  • 1590s, "produced by labor," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to exert oneself" (see elaboration). Meaning "very detailed" is from 1620s.
  • verb make detailed; expand
Example sentences :
  • The behaviour in hot water confirms and elaborates the classification.
  • Extract from : « Animal Proteins » by Hugh Garner Bennett
  • He elaborates it delightfully, so that people may forget he has spoken the truth.
  • Extract from : « Oscar Wilde » by Arthur Ransome
  • James elaborates this thesis with his usual resourcefulness and skill.
  • Extract from : « Religion and Science » by John Charlton Hardwick
  • He bases his rules upon those of Professor Bain, elaborates these, and adds some equally good ones.
  • Extract from : « Your Mind and How to Use It » by William Walker Atkinson
  • With an ironical pretence of rendering deserved homage to poverty, he elaborates the important part it plays in the social scheme.
  • Extract from : « Paris and the Social Revolution » by Alvan Francis Sanborn
  • Elaborates the library's three gifts to the nation—“knowledge, perspective and ideals.”
  • Extract from : « The Library and Society » by Various
  • It elaborates upon the application of various forms of bandages and plasters in a variety of operations.
  • Extract from : « Drawings and Pharmacy in Al-Zahrawi's 10th-Century Surgical Treatise » by Sami Hamarneh
  • In the first section (56 chapters)14 he elaborates upon the uses and disadvantages of cautery in general.
  • Extract from : « Drawings and Pharmacy in Al-Zahrawi's 10th-Century Surgical Treatise » by Sami Hamarneh
  • In the third Scholion he elaborates this thought and shows that differentiation takes place in triple wise.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • Ewald elaborates out of his own consciousness an extraordinary romance about Zimri and the queen-mother.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings » by F. W. Farrar

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