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elucubrate

American  
[ih-loo-kyoo-breyt] / ɪˈlu kyʊˌbreɪt /

verb (used with object)

elucubrated, elucubrating

  1. to produce (especially literary work) by long and intensive effort.

Other Word Forms

  • elucubration noun

Etymology

Origin of elucubrate

1615–25; < Latin ēlūcubrātus, past participle of ēlūcubrāre to spend the night over (a literary work). See e- 1, lucubrate

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