The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prelect \Pre*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prelected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Prelecting.] [L. praelectus, p. p. of praelegere to
read before. See Pre-, and Lection.]
To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prelect \Pre*lect"\, v. i.
To discourse publicly; to lecture.
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Spitting . . . was publicly prelected upon. --De.
Quincey.
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To prelect upon the military art. --Bp. Horsley.
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