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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Pre*lect", v. i.
To discourse publicly; to lecture.
Spitting . . . was publicly prelected upon.
De. Quincey.
To prelect upon the military art.
Bp. Horsley.
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