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(adj) detailed, elaborated
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
(adj) luxuriant
marked by complexity and richness of detail
an elaborate lace pattern
(verb) work out
work out in detail
elaborate a plan
(verb) complicate, refine, rarify
make more complex, intricate, or richer
refine a design or pattern
(verb) lucubrate, dilate, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, enlarge, flesh out
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