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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LU'CUBRATE, v.i. [L. lucubro, to study by candle-light, from lucubrum, from lux, light.]
To study by candle-light or a lamp; to study by night.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. literary 1 write or study, esp. by night. 2 express one's meditations in writing. Derivatives: lucubrator n. Etymology: L lucubrare lucubrat- work by lamplight (as LUX)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lucubrate Lu"cu*brate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lucubrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lucubrated.] [L. lucubratus, p. p. of lucubrare to work by lamplight, fr. lux light. See Light, n.] To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lucubrate Lu"cu*brate, v. t. To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.