It seems that as Egyptian monarchs were wont to build pyramids to mark the glory of their several dynasties, so the Kandian kings and earlier rulers of Ceylon each sought to excel his predecessor by constructing larger tanks, thus Elaborating the means of irrigation and increasing the productiveness of the island.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
The long periods of human life are spent in Elaborating the means to some unquestioned end.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
Jimmy Peters, Elaborating and obviously pushing an opinion he and his brother had already discussed, said, We make it a rule that every school, both locally taught and foreign, must teach Esperanto as a required subject.
"Border, Breed Nor Birth"
Dallas McCord Reynolds