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Webster 1913 Edition

Belabor

Be-la′bor

,
Verb.
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.
2.
To beat soundly; to cudgel.
Ajax
belabors
there a harmless ox.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Belabor

BELA'BOR

,
Verb.
T.
[perhaps from be and labor; but in Russ. bulava is a club.] To beat soundly; to thump.
Ajax belabors there a harmless ox.

Definition 2025

belabor

belabor

English

Verb

belabor ‎(third-person singular simple present belabors, present participle belaboring, simple past and past participle belabored)

  1. American spelling of belabour

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