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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To write in a scholarly fashion; produce scholarship.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To study earnestly or laboriously, as by candle-light; think closely or seriously; meditate.
  2. To elaborate, as by laborious night study.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
  2. v. To work or write like a scholar.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.
  2. v. To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

Etymologies

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

Examples

  • “But in vain will our Fathers have hungered and toiled; in vain will they have fought on the ensanguined field for these inestimable principles; if ignorance prevents their sons from enjoying the fruits of their victory: -- In vain may the legislator lucubrate over the mid night lamp in digesting equal laws: -- In vain may the erudite Judge preside on the bench, if ignorant Juries decide the fact, and apply the law.”

    The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. I

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  • “They ruminate and lucubrate on such seemingly small things, and never stop turning them over in their minds. key to diagnostic and therapeutic medicine.”

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  • sophy26 These example sentences for lucubrate don't make any sense at all. What happened? Jan 20, 2011

‘lucubrate’ has been looked up 1684 times, loved by 14 people, added to 42 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 13.