lucubrate

Found in thesaurus: clear up, elucidate, clarify

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lucubrate
v. write, study, research (late at night); write in a learned manner

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lucubrate

Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) elaborate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
(hypernym) clarify, clear up, elucidate
(hyponym) detail
(derivation) lucubration


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Lucubrate
(v. t.)
To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.
  
 
(n.)
To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.
  

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lucubrate
lucubrate /'lu:kju:breit/
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