From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elaborated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Elaborating.]
1. To produce with labor
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They in full joy elaborate a sigh, --Young.
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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.
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The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted
as it circulates through the vessels of the plant.
--Arbuthnot.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
elaborated
adj 1: 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,
elaborate, elaborated]