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lucubrate
lucubrateto write in a scholarly way; to work, write, or study laboriously, especially late at night: She would be a more well-rounded person if she didn’t lucubrate so much.
Not to be confused with:lubricate – to make slippery or smooth; apply a lubricant to a machine to diminish friction; to smooth over a problem; ease: to lubricate a family squabblelu·cu·brate L0281000 (lo͞o′kyo͝o-brāt′)intr.v. lu·cu·brat·ed, lu·cu·brat·ing, lu·cu·brates Archaic To study or write in a scholarly fashion.
[Latin lūcubrāre, lūcubrāt-, to work at night by lamplight; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]lucubrate (ˈluːkjʊˌbreɪt) vb (intr) to write or study, esp at night[C17: from Latin lūcubrāre to work by lamplight] ˈlucuˌbrator nlu•cu•brate (ˈlu kyʊˌbreɪt)
v.i. -brat•ed, -brat•ing. 1. to work, write, or study laboriously, esp. at night. 2. to write learnedly. [1615–25; < Latin lūcubrātus, past participle of lūcubrāre to work by artificial light] lucubrate
Past participle: lucubrated
Gerund: lucubrating
| Imperative |
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| lucubrate | | lucubrate |
| Present |
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| I lucubrate | | you lucubrate | | he/she/it lucubrates | | we lucubrate | | you lucubrate | | they lucubrate |
| Preterite |
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| I lucubrated | | you lucubrated | | he/she/it lucubrated | | we lucubrated | | you lucubrated | | they lucubrated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am lucubrating | | you are lucubrating | | he/she/it is lucubrating | | we are lucubrating | | you are lucubrating | | they are lucubrating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have lucubrated | | you have lucubrated | | he/she/it has lucubrated | | we have lucubrated | | you have lucubrated | | they have lucubrated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was lucubrating | | you were lucubrating | | he/she/it was lucubrating | | we were lucubrating | | you were lucubrating | | they were lucubrating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had lucubrated | | you had lucubrated | | he/she/it had lucubrated | | we had lucubrated | | you had lucubrated | | they had lucubrated |
| Future |
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| I will lucubrate | | you will lucubrate | | he/she/it will lucubrate | | we will lucubrate | | you will lucubrate | | they will lucubrate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have lucubrated | | you will have lucubrated | | he/she/it will have lucubrated | | we will have lucubrated | | you will have lucubrated | | they will have lucubrated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be lucubrating | | you will be lucubrating | | he/she/it will be lucubrating | | we will be lucubrating | | you will be lucubrating | | they will be lucubrating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been lucubrating | | you have been lucubrating | | he/she/it has been lucubrating | | we have been lucubrating | | you have been lucubrating | | they have been lucubrating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been lucubrating | | you will have been lucubrating | | he/she/it will have been lucubrating | | we will have been lucubrating | | you will have been lucubrating | | they will have been lucubrating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been lucubrating | | you had been lucubrating | | he/she/it had been lucubrating | | we had been lucubrating | | you had been lucubrating | | they had been lucubrating |
| Conditional |
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| I would lucubrate | | you would lucubrate | | he/she/it would lucubrate | | we would lucubrate | | you would lucubrate | | they would lucubrate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have lucubrated | | you would have lucubrated | | he/she/it would have lucubrated | | we would have lucubrated | | you would have lucubrated | | they would have lucubrated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | lucubrate - 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"elaborate, expatiate, expound, flesh out, dilate, exposit, enlarge, expandclarify, clear up, elucidate - make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"detail - provide details forexposit, set forth, expound - state; "set forth one's reasons"illustrate, instance, exemplify - clarify by giving an example ofparticularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify - be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?" |
lucubrateverbTo apply one's mind to the acquisition or production of knowledge:con, study.lucubrate
Synonyms for lucubrateverb to apply one's mind to the acquisition or production of knowledgeSynonymsSynonyms for lucubrateverb add details, as to an account or ideaSynonyms- elaborate
- expatiate
- expound
- flesh out
- dilate
- exposit
- enlarge
- expand
Related Words- clarify
- clear up
- elucidate
- detail
- exposit
- set forth
- expound
- illustrate
- instance
- exemplify
- particularise
- particularize
- specialise
- specialize
- specify
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