lucubrate

To write in a scholarly fashion; produce scholarship.

[Latin lūcubrāre, lūcubrāt-, to work at night by lamplight.]

verb

To apply one's mind to the acquisition or production of knowledge: con, study. See teach/learn.

The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
  Synonyms: elaborate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate