lucubrate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lucubrate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lucubrate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate Antonym(s): abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lucubrate \Lu"cu*brate\, v. t. To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.