Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, a. [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}, adv. -- {E*lab"o*rate*ness}, n.

Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elaborated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Elaborating}.]
   1. To produce with labor

            They in full joy elaborate a sigh,    --Young.

   2. To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with
      labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to
      elaborate a painting or a literary work.

            The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted
            as it circulates through the vessels of the plant.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.

Source : WordNet®

elaborate
     adj 1: marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate
            lace pattern" [syn: {luxuriant}]
     2: developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a
        detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants
        prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully
        elaborated theme" [syn: {detailed}, {elaborated}]

elaborate
     v 1: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning
          of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
          "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
          [syn: {lucubrate}, {expatiate}, {exposit}, {enlarge}, {flesh
          out}, {expand}, {expound}, {dilate}] [ant: {abridge}]
     2: produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more
        developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"
     3: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or
        pattern" [syn: {complicate}, {refine}, {rarify}]
     4: work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" [syn: {work out}]