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† iˈllaborate, a. Obs. rare. [ad. late L. illabōrāt-us: see il-2 and cf. elaborate.] Unlaboured; not highly finished- unfinished.
1631R. Brathwait Whimzies, Traveller 95 So indigested are his collections, and so illaborate his style as the Stationer shunnes them. 1639T. de Grey Compl. Horsem. To Rdr., In this illaborat work of mine. 1656Blount Glossogr., Illaborate, done or made without labor, plain, unlaboured. 1751Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 12 The style of it must be illaborate, and void of all freedom and vivacity. Hence † iˈllaborateness, ‘the Quality of being effected without Labor and Pains’ (Bailey 1727). |