elucubrate

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  1. transitive verb To produce (a written work) by working long and diligently.

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  1. Back-formation from elucubration.

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  1. Cf. Italian elucubrato, adjective; from Latin elucubrare, dep. elucubrari (later F. élucubrer), compose by lamplight, from e, out, + lucubrare, work by lamplight: see lucubrate.
 

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/əˈljukjubreɪt/
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