lu·cu·brate (l
ky
-br
t
)
intr.v. lu·cu·brat·ed, lu·cu·brat·ing, lu·cu·brates
To write in a scholarly fashion; produce scholarship.
[Latin l
cubrre, lcubrt-, to work at night by lamplight; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]
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