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élaborer

Pronunciation: /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/

“élaborer” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to draw up, write up, make up, whip up, put together
  2. to process farther, to produce, to develop, to metabolize
  3. to elaborate, to work out

In French

  1. Préparer un produit par un long travail.
  2. Accomplir des opérations dans les corps vivants, par lesquelles certains produits composés sont graduellement transformés en d’autres combinaisons.
  3. Créer quelque chose de cohérent, en y consacrant du temps, de l'intelligence, du savoir-faire, etc.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlabōrāre. Cognate with Italian elaborare, Spanish elaborar.

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