Be-lā'bor, v. t.

v. t. [be and labor, q. v. The Ger. bearbeiten means also to labor, to belabor, to beat soundly.] 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.