| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. An alternative spelling for "Lucubrate": To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: elucubrating, elucubrated, elucubrates, elucubrater, elucubraters, elucubratingly and elucubratedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ELUCUBRATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
| Etymology:Elucubrate \E*lu"cu*brate\, intransitive verb. [Latin expression elucubratus, past participle of elucubrare to compose by lamplight.]. (references) |
