1. to write or compose with great care and effort, especially late into the night; to produce through laborious study or writing
Usage: formal; literary; archaic

Examples

• The scholar spent weeks elucubrating a comprehensive treatise on medieval philosophy.
• She was elucubrating late into the night, carefully crafting each sentence of her novel.
• The author's elucubrating process resulted in a meticulously researched historical account.
• He devoted himself to elucubrating a detailed commentary on the ancient texts.
• The poet was elucubrating verses with painstaking attention to rhythm and meaning.