Pre-lēct’1, v. t.
[Lat. prælegere, prælectum, from præ, before, and legere, to read.] To read publicly, as a lecture or public discourse. Horsley.
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Prelect
Pre-lēct'2, v. i.
[imp. & p. p. PRELECTED; p. pr. & vb. n. PRELECTING.] To discourse publicly; to lecture.
Spitting was shown to be a very difficult act, and publicly prelected upon about the same time, in the same great capital. De Quincey.