Lucubrate

/ˈluː.kjə.bɹeɪt/

Synonyms for "lucubrate" (40 found)

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Closest matches (8)

bear downboneburn the midnight oilcon contemplate cram dig

Verb(1 words)

dilate

Strong matches (12)

drill examinego overgrind hustle

Verb(7 words)

elaborate enlarge expand expatiate exposit expoundflesh out

Related words (20)

Verb(5 words)

labor overelaborate pedantize pore toil

overwork peruseplunge intopore overpour it onpractice read review scratch slave study sweat swot vetwade through

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More general

8 entries

action clarifyclear upcomposition elucidate prosescholarly activitywriting

More specific

4 entries

dissertation draftingmonograph writingturgid proseverbose manuscript

Collocations

6 entries

dissertation writinglate at nightmeticulous revisionmonograph draftingnocturnal studyscholarly writing

Inflections

3 entries

lucubrated lucubrates lucubrating

Derivations

1 entries

lucubration

Sample sentences

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Instead, as Oklahoma’s tenure committee lucubrated over Hill’s future, […]

Source: wiktionary

1846, Nathaniel Chipman, in Daniel Chipman, The Life of Hon. Nathaniel Chipman, LL.D., p. 261, […] I shall not hesitate to repeat some of my former thoughts, when lucubrating upon the same subject.

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