Both Uses of
elaborate
in
The Fountainhead
- The teacher had been elaborating upon the text: "What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"†
Chpt 2.9 *elaborating = adding details or explaining in detail
- This was not the elaborate approach he had prepared, but he had not expected to find that no approach would be necessary.†
Chpt 1.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(elaborate as in: elaborate on your plan) add details or explain in detail
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(2)
(elaborate as in: an elaborate design) having details and complexity -- sometimes fancy or ornateDepending upon it's context, this sense of elaborate can additionally imply that details make something either:
- more special than others of its kind in a good way
- more complicated than necessary in a bad way
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(elaborate as in: an elaborate wink) to exaggerate an actionAt times, this sense of elaborate can further imply that an action was exaggerated by prolonging it (performing it more slowly than normal).
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus