About The Word Lucubrate
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Lucubrate
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What's The Definition Of Lucubrate?
[v] add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Lucubrate: dilate | elaborate | enlarge | expand | expatiate | exposit | expound | flesh out Related Terms | Find terms related to Lucubrate: See Also | clarify | clear up | detail | elucidate | exemplify | illustrate | instance | particularise | particularize | set forth | specialise | specialize | specify Lucubrate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Lu"cu*brate\, v. t. To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor. |
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