prelect

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/pɹɪˈlɛkt/

verb

To speak publicly; to lecture.

“a. 1806, Samuel Horsley, sermon To prelect upon the military art.”

OriginLatin praelectus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person prelects · participle present prelecting · participle past prelected · past prelected

  1. archaicintransitiveTo speak publicly; to lecture.

    a. 1806, Samuel Horsley, sermon To prelect upon the military art.

    1 more example

    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

Origin

  1. Latinpraelectus
  2. Englishprelect

From Latin praelectus, past participle of praelegō.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

plectre
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Chicago

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