Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lucubrate

Lucubrate , intransitive verb

[Latin lucubratus, past participle of lucubrare to work by lamplight, from lux light. See Light, n.]

To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.

Lucubrate , transitive verb

To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.