Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
ELABORATE
I. adjective see: laboratory
Date: 1592
planned or carried out with great care , marked by complexity, fullness of detail, or ornateness , elaborately adverb elaborateness 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 elaborate, to expand something in detail , elaboration noun elaborative adjective