1. (n.) The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

2. (n.) 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.

accomplishment adjunct adornment advance advancement amplification architecture arrangement assembly beautification blossoming building casting color color patterns composition construction conversion copy crafting craftsmanship creation critique cultivation decor decoration development developmental change devising dilation dwelling upon embellishment emblazonment emblazonry embroidery enlargement erection evolution evolutionary change evolvement evolving expansion expatiation explication extraction fabrication fashioning flourish flower arrangement flowering formation forming formulation framing furniture arrangement furtherance garnish garnishment garniture going over gradual change growing growth handicraft handiwork harvesting illumination iteration machining making manufacture manufacturing maturation milling mining molding natural development natural growth nonviolent change ornament ornamentation perfection practicing prefabrication preparation processing producing progress progression raising reaffirmation recap recapitulation recital recountal recounting refinement refining rehash rehearsal reissue reiteration reprint restatement resume retelling review ripening rise seasoning shaping smelting summary summing up trim trimming unfolding window dressing working-out workmanship