Belabor \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.'' --Barrow.
2. To beat soundly; to cudgel.
Ajax belabors there a harmless ox. --Dryden.
"I don't want to belabor that, because I don't want it to be an overpowering identity of mine.
I have learned over the years at a drawing board that you should never make minorities, the handicapped nor women the objects of cartoon jibes, even though comic strips and panels daily belabor women drivers and women of "no star" culinary talents.
We need not belabor further the costs of this incredible eight-year war.