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prelect en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /pɹɪˈlɛkt/

Etymology

From Latin praelectus, past participle of praelegō.

Meanings

1. (archaic, intransitive) To speak publicly; to lecture.
   • a. 1806, Samuel Horsley, sermon To prelect upon the military art.
   • 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. 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:

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prelector