lucubrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
    expound; dilate; expatiate; elaborate; enlarge; exposit; flesh out; expand.
    • She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation

WordNet

Lu"cu*brate intransitive verb
Etymology
L. lucubratus, p. p. of lucubrare to work by lamplight, fr. lux light. See Light, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Lucubrated ; present participle & verbal noun Lucubrated
Definitions
  1. To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.
Lu"cu*brate transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.

Webster 1913