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Definition of "lucubrate" [lu•cu•brate]

  • To write in a scholarly fashion; produce scholarship. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lucubrate" in a sentence
  • "But in vain will our Fathers have hungered and toiled; in vain will they have fought on the ensanguined field for these inestimable principles; if ignorance prevents their sons from enjoying the fruits of their victory: -- In vain may the legislator lucubrate over the mid night lamp in digesting equal laws: -- In vain may the erudite Judge preside on the bench, if ignorant Juries decide the fact, and apply the law."
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  • "Their oils can lucubrate as an appealing harts jewelry thousand oaks ca of what scientific producers are improperly mundane to produce counselling you."