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lucubrate - 4 dictionary results

lu⋅cu⋅brate

  [loo-kyoo-breyt]
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–verb (used without object), -brat⋅ed, -brat⋅ing.
1. to work, write, or study laboriously, esp. at night.
2. to write learnedly.
Origin:
1615–25; < L lūcubrātus, ptp. of lūcubrāre to work by artificial light, equiv. to lūcu-, var. (before labials) of lūci-, comb. form of lūcēre to shine + -br(um) instrumental suffix + -ā- theme vowel + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
lu⋅cu⋅bra⋅tor, noun
lu⋅cu⋅bra⋅to⋅ry  [loo-kyoo-bruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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lu·cu·brate   (lōō'kyŏŏ-brāt')   
intr.v.   lu·cu·brat·ed, lu·cu·brat·ing, lu·cu·brates
To write in a scholarly fashion; produce scholarship.

[Latin lūcubrāre, lūcubrāt-, to work at night by lamplight; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]
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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.

Lucubrate

Lu"cu*brate\, v. t. To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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