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lu·cu·brate (lo̵̅o̅′kə brāt′, -kyo̵̅o̅-)

intransitive verb lucubrated -·brat′ed, lucubrating -·brat′·ing

  1. to work, study, or write laboriously, esp. late at night
  2. to write in a scholarly manner

Etymology: < L lucubratus, pp. of lucubrare, to work by candlelight < lux (gen. lucis), light

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