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lucubrate

lucubrate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lucubrate  \Lu"cu*brate\,  v.  t. 
  To  elaborate,  perfect,  or  compose,  by  night  study  or  by 
  laborious  endeavor.