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<hw>Luck`y proach"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Fatherlasher</er>.</def>

<h1>Lucrative</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"cra*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lucrativus</ets>, fr. <ets>lucrari</ets> to gain, fr. <ets>lucrum</ets> gain: cf. F. <ets>lucratif</ets>. See <er>Lucre</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; <as>as, a <ex>lucrative</ex> business or office</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The trade of merchandise being the most <b>lucrative</b>, may bear usury at a good rate. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Greedy of gain</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Such diligence as the most part of our <b>lucrative</b> lawyers do use, in deferring and prolonging of matters and actions from term to term. <i>Latimer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lucratively</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"cra*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lucrative manner.</def>

<h1>Lucre</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"cre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lucre</ets>, L. <ets>lucrum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense.</def>

<blockquote>The lust of <b>lucre</b> and the dread of death. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lucriferous</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu*crif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lucrum</ets> gain +<ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gainful; profitable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Lucrific</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu*crif"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lucrificus</ets>; <ets>lucrum</ets> gain + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>Producing profit; gainful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Luctation</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Luc*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>luctatio</ets>, fr. <ets>luctari</ets> to wrestle, strive.]</ety> <def>Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Farindon.</i>

<h1>Luctual</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Luc"tu*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>luctus</ets> mourning, sorrow, fr. <ets>lugere</ets>, fr. <ets>luctum</ets>, to mourn.]</ety> <def>Producing grief; saddening.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir G. Buck.</i>

<h1>Lucubrate</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"cu*brate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lucubrated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lucubrated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>lucubratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lucubrare</ets> to work by lamplight, fr. <ets>lux</ets> light. See <er>Light</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.</def>

<h1>Lucubrate</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"cu*brate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.</def>

<h1>Lucubration</h1> <Xpage=873>