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Webster 1913 Edition

Prelect

Pre-lect′

,
Verb.
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.

Pre-lect′

,
Verb.
I.
To discourse publicly; to lecture.
Spitting . . . was publicly
prelected
upon.
De. Quincey.
To
prelect
upon the military art.
Bp. Horsley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prelect

PRELECT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. proelectus, proelego; proe, before, and lego, to read.] To read a lecture or public discourse.

Definition 2024

prelect

prelect

English

Verb

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

  1. To discourse publicly; to lecture.
    • De Quincey
      Spitting […] was publicly prelected upon.
    • Bishop Horsley
      To prelect upon the military art.

Etymology

Latin praelectus.

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