elucubrate

From the past participle of Latin elucubrare (“compose by lamplight”).

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈluːkjʊbɹeɪt/

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elucubrate (third-person singular simple present elucubrates, present participle elucubrating, simple past and past participle elucubrated)

1. To solve, write or compose by working studiously at night; to study.

   Synonym: burn the midnight oil

   Near-synonym: pull an all-nighter

• elucubration

elucubrate

1. inflection of elucubrare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

elucubrate f pl

1. feminine plural of elucubrato

ēlūcubrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēlūcubrō

elucubrate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of elucubrar combined with te