"laborate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: laborates [present, singular, third-person], laborating [participle, present], laborated [participle, past], laborated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin labōrātus, perfect passive participle of labōrō (“to labor, toil”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|labōrātus}} Borrowed from Latin labōrātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} laborate (third-person singular simple present laborates, present participle laborating, simple past and past participle laborated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To produce or develop (something). Tags: archaic, intransitive, transitive Synonyms: labourate [obsolete] Related terms: elaborate, labour
    Sense id: en-laborate-en-verb-HXaM4KX3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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