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Lucubrate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To write in a scholarly fashion; produce scholarship.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.

v. To work or write like a scholar.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

verb-intransitive. To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.

v. To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To study earnestly or laboriously, as by candle-light; think closely or seriously; meditate.

To elaborate, as by laborious night study.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

Word Usage

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Verb Form

lucubrated lucubrates lucubrating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

clarify clear up elucidate

Hyponym

specialize detail exemplify set forth illustrate

Form

lucubrated

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

discourse works