Found 2 items, similar to Lucubrate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lucubrate
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”
[syn:
elaborate,
expatiate,
exposit,
enlarge,
flesh out
,
expand,
expound,
dilate] [ant:
abridge]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lucubrate
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.
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Lucubrate
\Lu"cu*brate\, v. t.
To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by
laborious endeavor.
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