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elucubration

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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·bra·tion   (ĭ-lōō'kyŏŏ-brā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act or process of elucubrating.

  2. A written work produced by elucubrating.


[Latin ēlūcubrāre, ēlūcubrāt-, to work at night by lamplight over : ē-, ex-, ex- + lūcubrāre, to work at night by lamplight; see lucubrate.]
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