Be·la·bor 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.”
2. To beat soundly; to cudgel.
Ajax belabors there a harmless ox. --Dryden.
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