All 4 Uses

elaborate
in
Just Mercy
(Edited)

Ralph believed that everything he said had to be epic, shocking, and elaborate.
p. 32.2 *

elaborate = exaggerated (or with lots of detail)
We might have been influenced by the pain of Mozelle and Onzelle or drawn in by the elaborate conspiracies that Ralph Myers had described, but we soon started asking questions about some of the law enforcement officers whose names kept coming up around the Pittman murder.
p. 146.6

elaborate = complex
I was subjected to an elaborate admission process and given a beeper to activate if I was ever threatened or distressed while inside the prison.
p. 261.1 *

elaborate = with many details or features
I stood there watching for several minutes while more officers got involved in an increasingly elaborate effort to dislodge Joe's wheelchair from the tight cage.
p. 261.7

elaborate = complicated

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)