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lucubrate

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈluː.kjə.bɹeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted abcelrtuuStarts with LEnds with E0 clues
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  1. To write, study, or explain in a labored scholarly way.

Word origin

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lūcubrātus, perfect passive participle of lūcubrō (“to work by candlelight”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lūx (“light”).

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  • Instead, as Oklahoma’s tenure committee lucubrated over Hill’s future, […]
  • 1846, Nathaniel Chipman, in Daniel Chipman, The Life of Hon. Nathaniel Chipman, LL.D., p. 261, […] I shall not hesitate to repeat some of my former thoughts, when lucubrating upon the same subject.

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