v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belabored p. pr. & vb. n. Belaboring. ] 1. To ply diligently; to work carefully upon. “If the earth is belabored with culture, it yieldeth corn.” Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To beat soundly; to cudgel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ajax belabors there a harmless ox. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who labors with another; an associate in labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. to work together with another toward a common goal, especially in an intellectual endeavor; as, four chemists collaborated on the synthesis of the compound; three authors collaborated in writing the book. [ PJC ]

2. to willingly cooperate with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. ] See Collaborator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of working together; united labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the act of willingly cooperating with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country. [ PJC ]

n. someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.
Syn. -- collaborator, quisling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. accomplished by collaboration; cooperative; as, collaborative effort of industry and the universities. Opposed to competitive. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. collaborare to labor together; col- + laborare to labor: cf. F. collaborateur. ] 1. An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. one who willingly cooperates with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country. [ PJC ]

n. Labor hired or performed by the day. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See Labor. ] Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. Waller.

Syn. -- Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought.

-- E*lab"o*rate*ly, adv. -- E*lab"o*rate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Elaborated p. pr. & vb. n. Elaborating ] 1. To produce with labor [ 1913 Webster ]

They in full joy elaborate a sigh, Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted as it circulates through the vessels of the plant. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. elaboratio: cf. F. élaboration. ] 1. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving or tending to elaborate; constructing with labor and minute attention to details. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elaborative faculty (Metaph.), the intellectual power of discerning relations and of viewing objects by means of, or in, relations; the discursive faculty; thought. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, elaborates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to elaborate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A laboratory. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inelaboratus. See In- not, and Elaborate. ] Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. labour, OF. labour, laber, labur, F. labeur, L. labor; cf. Gr. lamba`nein to take, Skr. labh to get, seize. ] [ Written also labour. ] 1. Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work. [ 1913 Webster ]

God hath set
Labor and rest, as day and night, to men
Successive. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort. [ 1913 Webster ]

Being a labor of so great a difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The queen's in labor,
They say, in great extremity; and feared
She'll with the labor end. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Any pang or distress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Naut.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. [ Sp. ] A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 1771/7 acres. Bartlett.

8. (Mining.) A stope or set of stopes. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Syn. -- Work; toil; drudgery; task; exertion; effort; industry; painstaking. See Toll. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Labored p. pr. & vb. n. Laboring. ] [ OE. labouren, F. labourer, L. laborare. See Labor, n. ] [ Written also labour. ] 1. To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adam, well may we labor still to dress
This garden. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stone that labors up the hill. Granville. [ 1913 Webster ]

The line too labors, and the words move slow. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cure the disorder under which he labored. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. xi. 28 [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Naut.) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. labourer, L. laborare. ] 1. To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only labored by children. W. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care. “To labor arms for Troy.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge strenuously; as, to labor a point or argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To belabor; to beat. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. laborans, p. pr. of laborare to labor. ] A chemist. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Laboratories [ Shortened fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See Elaborate, Labor. ] [ Formerly written also elaboratory. ] 1. The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Any place, activity or situation suggestive of a scientific laboratory{ 1 }, especially in being conducive to learning new facts by experimentation or by systematic observation; as, the states serve as laboratories where different new policies may be tested prior to adoption throughout the country. [ PJC ]

. In most of the States and Territories of the United States, a day, usually the first Monday of September, set aside as a legal holiday, in honor of, or in the interest of, workingmen as a class. Also, a similar holiday in Canada, Australia, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. appearing to require strong effort; as, labored breathing.
Syn. -- heavy, laboured. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a labored manner; with labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also labourer. ] One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet. Eccl. v. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suffering pain or grief. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laboring oar, the oar which requires most strength and exertion; often used figuratively; as, to have, or pull, the laboring oar in some difficult undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. laboriosus, fr. labor labor: cf. F. laborieux. ] 1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil,
Laborious virtues all? Learn these from Cato. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- La*bo"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- La*bo"ri*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not involving labor; not laborious; easy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Laborious. [ Obs. ] Wyatt. -- La"bor*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster]

a. Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; as, labor-saving machinery; labor-saving appliances{ 4 }; labor-saving devices like washing machines.
Syn. -- laborsaving. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who works with the hands, rather than with the mind.
Syn. -- laborer, labourer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Labor done with the hands. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To surpass in laboring. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overlabored p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaboring. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An assistant or subordinate laborer. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
[ 1913 Webster ]

[ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not produced by labor or toil. “Unlabored harvests.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not laboriously produced, or not evincing labor; as, an unlabored style or work. Tickell. [ 1913 Webster ]

See high.
See honorable.
See hopeful.
See hostile.
See hurt.
See hhurtful.
See hygienic.
See ideal.
See idle.
See illusory.
See imaginable.
See imaginative.
See immortal.
See implicit.
See important.
See impressible. See >Unimpressible.
See impressionable.
See improvable.
See impugnable.
See incidental.
See increasable.
See indifferent.
See indulgent.
See industrious.
See inflammable.
See influential.
See ingenious.
See ingenuous.
See inhabitable.
See injurious.
See inquisitive.
See instructive.
See intelligent.
See intelligible.
See intentional.
See interesting.
See interpretable.
See inventive.
See investigable.
See jealous.
See joyful.
See joyous.
See justifiable.
See kingly.
See knightly.
See knotty.
See knowable.
See laborious.
See ladylike.
See level.
See libidinous.
See lightsome.
See limber.
See lineal.
See logical.
See lordly.
See losable.
See lovable.
See lucent.
See luminous.
See lustrous.
See lusty.
See maidenly.
See makable.
See malleable.
See manageable.
See manful.
See manlike.
See manly.
See marketable.
See marriable.
See marriageable.
See marvelous.
See masculine.
See matchable.
See matronlike.
See meek.
See meet.
See melodious.
See mendable.
See mentionable.
See mercenary.
See merciable.
See meritable.
See merry.
See metaphorical.
See mighty.
See mild.
See military.
See mindful.
See mingleable.
See miraculous.
See miry.
See mitigable.
See modifiable.
See modish.
See moist.
See monkish.
See motherly.
See muscular.
See musical.
See mysterious.
See namable.
See native.
See navigable.
See needful.
See negotiable.
See niggard.
See noble.
See objectionable.
[ 1913 Webster ]

[ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]