prelect Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pre*lect" transitive verb

Etymology

L. praelectus, p. p. of praelegere to read before. See Pre-, and Lection.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Prelected; present participle & verbal noun Prelecting

Definitions

1. To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse.

Pre*lect" intransitive verb

Definitions

1. To discourse publicly; to lecture.

   Spitting . . . was publicly prelected upon. De. Quincey.

   To prelect upon the military art. Bp. Horsley.