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elucubrate

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e⋅lu⋅cu⋅brate

  [i-loo-kyoo-breyt]
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–verb (used with object), -brat⋅ed, -brat⋅ing.
to produce (esp. literary work) by long and intensive effort.
Origin:
1615–25; < L ēlūcubrātus, ptp. of ēlūcubrāre to spend the night over (a literary work). See e-, lucubrate

Related forms:
e⋅lu⋅cu⋅bra⋅tion, noun
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e·lu·cu·brate   (ĭ-lōō'kyŏŏ-brāt')   
tr.v.   e·lu·cu·brat·ed, e·lu·cu·brat·ing, e·lu·cu·brates
To produce (a written work) by working long and diligently.

[Back-formation from elucubration.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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