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Webster 1913 Edition
Lucubrate
Lu′cu-brate
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lucubrated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lucubrated
.] To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.
Lu′cu-brate
,Verb.
T.
To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lucubrate
LU'CUBRATE
,Verb.
I.
To study by candle-light or a lamp; to study by night.
Definition 2024
lucubrate
lucubrate
English
Verb
lucubrate (third-person singular simple present lucubrates, present participle lucubrating, simple past and past participle lucubrated)
- (rare) To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
- 1991 December, K. Boo, “The organization woman”, in The Washington Monthly, volume 23, issue 12, page 44:
- Instead, as Oklahoma’s tenure committee lucubrated over Hill’s future, […]
- 1991 December, K. Boo, “The organization woman”, in The Washington Monthly, volume 23, issue 12, page 44:
- To work or write like a scholar.
- 1846, Nathaniel Chipman, in Daniel Chipman, The Life of Hon. Nathaniel Chipman, LL.D., p. 261,
- […] I shall not hesitate to repeat some of my former thoughts, when lucubrating upon the same subject.
- 1846, Nathaniel Chipman, in Daniel Chipman, The Life of Hon. Nathaniel Chipman, LL.D., p. 261,
Derived terms
- lucubrated (obsolete)
Related terms
- lucubration
- lucubratist (obsolete)
- lucubrator
- lucubratory
Synonyms
work diligently
Translations
work diligently by artificial light; to study at night
work or write like a scholar
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