Such diligence as the most part of our lucrative lawyers do use, in
deferring and prolonging of matters and actions from term to term.
Latimer.
Lu"cra*tive*ly, adv. In a lucrative manner.
Lu"cre (?), n. [F. lucre, L. lucrum.] Gain in money or goods; profit;
riches; -- often in an ill sense.
The lust of lucre and the dread of death.
Pope.
Lu*crif"er*ous (?), a. [L. lucrum gain +-ferous.] Gainful; profitable.
[Obs.] Boyle.
Lu*crif"ic (?), a. [L. lucrificus; lucrum gain + facere to make.]
Producing profit; gainful. [Obs.]
Luc*ta"tion (?), n. [L. luctatio, fr. luctari to wrestle, strive.]
Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor. [R.] Farindon.
Luc"tu*al (?), a. [L. luctus mourning, sorrow, fr. lugere, fr. luctum,
to mourn.] Producing grief; saddening. [Obs.] Sir G. Buck.
Lu"cu*brate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lucubrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Lucubrated (?).] [L. lucubratus, p. p. of lucubrare to work by
lamplight, fr. lux light. See Light, n.] To study by candlelight or a
lamp; to study by night.
Lu"cu*brate, v. t. To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or
by laborious endeavor.
Lu`cu*bra"tion (?), n. [l. lucubratio;cf. F. lucubration.] 1. The act
of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study;
meditation.
After long lucubration I have hit upon such an expedient.
Goldsmith.
2. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by
meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
Thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our friends.
Tatler.
Lu"cu*bra`tor (?), n. One who studies by night; also, one who produces
lucubrations.
Lu"cu*bra*to*ry (?), a. [L. lucubratorius.] Composed by candlelight, or
by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking.
Pope.
Lu"cule (?), n. [Dim. fr. L. lux, lucis, light.] (Astron.) A spot or
fleck on the sun brighter than the surrounding surface.
Lu"cu*lent (?), a. [L. luculentus, from lux, lucis, light.] 1. Lucid;
clear; transparent. Thomson.