Pronunciations
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/pɹɪˈlɛkt/
Verb
To speak publicly; to lecture.
Usage- Archaic
- Intransitive
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More examples (1)
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.
a. 1806, Samuel Horsley, sermon To prelect upon the military art.