belabour/bɪˈleɪ.bə/EtymologyFrom be- (“on, upon, about, over”) + labour. Compare bework, betoil, beswink.belabour means to labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.verbTo labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently.To beat or thump (someone) soundly.“1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling He saw the village; he was seen coming bending forward upon his horse, belabouring it with great blows, the girths dripping with blood.”To attack (someone) verbally.To discuss or explain (something) excessively or repeatedly; to harp on or overelaborate.“1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, inaugural speech Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belabouring those problems which divide us.”