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Meaning of lucubrate in English:

lucubrate

Pronunciation /ˈluːkjʊbreɪt/

verb

[no object]

  • 1 archaic Write or study, especially by night.

    1. 1.1Produce scholarly written material.
      • ‘I have often lucubrated for your Magazine’
      hold forth, expatiate, pontificate

Origin

Early 17th century from Latin lucubrat- ‘(having) worked by lamplight’, from the verb lucubrare.