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elaborative, a.|ɪˈlæbərətɪv| [f. L. ēlabōrāt- ppl. stem of ēlabōrāre + -ive.] That has the property of elaborating.
1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. (1859) II. xx. 14 The Elaborative or Discursive Faculty. 1845Florist Jrnl. 45 The elaborative organs of the plants. 1876A. M. Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. June 135 Ancient heresies were elaborative, modern disintegrative of dogma. |