prelect
/pɹɪˈlɛkt/
Meaning
To speak publicly; to lecture.
Examples
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.
Word Forms
prelects
prelecting
prelected
Etymology
From Latin praelectus, past participle of praelegō.