All 8 Uses

elaborate
in
The Da Vinci Code
(Edited)

My grandfather loved creating elaborate treasure hunts around our house, a string of clues that eventually led to my real gift.
Chpt 47-48 *

elaborate = detailed and complicated
It was an elaborate genealogy.
Chpt 57-58

elaborate = detailed
Vernet didn't elaborate, but he sounds like he's willing to do anything to get it back.
Chpt 69-70 *

elaborate = explain in more detail
Nestled against the far wall sat an elaborate computer workstation—two tower CPUs, a flat-screen video monitor with speakers, an array of hard drives, and a multichannel audio console that appeared to have its own filtered power supply.
Chpt 87-88

elaborate = with many features
Reaching to a control panel on the elaborate dash, Rémy pressed a button.
Chpt 91-92
Crossing the massive nave on a diagonal, Langdon and Sophie remained silent as the elaborate sepulchre revealed itself in tantalizing increments...a black-marble sarcophagus...a reclining statue of Newton...two winged boys...a huge pyramid...and...an enormous orb.
Chpt 97-98

elaborate = with many details or features
He led her over to the elaborate archway he had shown her earlier.
Chpt 103-104

elaborate = with special features or arrangement
Langdon's manuscript, while discussing the Louvre's elaborate collection of goddess art, had made passing note of this modest pyramid.
Chpt 105

elaborate = detailed

Definitions:

(1) (elaborate as in: elaborate on your plan)
add details or explain in detail
(2) (elaborate as in: an elaborate design)
having details and complexity -- sometimes fancy or ornate
Depending 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
or:
- more complicated than necessary in a bad way
(3) (elaborate as in: an elaborate wink)
to exaggerate an action

At times, this sense of elaborate can further imply that an action was exaggerated by prolonging it (performing it more slowly than normal).
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)