Pre·lect' intransitive verb To discourse publicly; to lecture. « Spitting . . . was publicly prelected upon.» De. Quincey. « To prelect upon the military art.» Bp. Horsley. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/150
Pre·lect' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Prelected ; present participle & verbal noun Prelecting .] [ Latin praelectus , past participle of praelegere to read before. See Pre- , and Lection .]... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/150