prelect

English

Etymology

Latin praelegō (past participle praelectus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈlɛkt/

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Verb

prelect (third-person singular simple present prelects, present participle prelecting, simple past and past participle prelected)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To speak publicly; to lecture.
   • 1860, Thomas De Quincey, “Conversation”, in Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected; and Other Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XIV), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 151:

     Spitting, if the reader will pardon the mention of so gross a fact, was shown to be a very difficult part, and publicly prelected upon about the same time, in the same great capital.

   • a. 1806, Samuel Horsley, sermon

     To prelect upon the military art.

Related terms

• prelector

References

• “prelect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• plectre