British spelling of 'belabor,' meaning to explain something in too much detail or to work on something with excessive effort.
British variant of American 'belabor,' from 'be-' + 'labour' (British spelling of labor, from Latin laborare). The spelling difference reflects American versus British English conventions.
It's the same word with a fancy British accent! The 'u' in 'labour' is a marker of British English, a spelling tradition that shows how English fractured into different conventions after American independence.
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