prelect

Verb (intransitive)

pre=lect

CIDE DICTIONARY

prelect, v. t. [L. praelectus, p. p. of praelegere to read before. See Pre-, and Lection.].

To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse. [1913 Webster]

prelect, v. i.

To discourse publicly; to lecture. [1913 Webster]

"Spitting . . . was publicly prelected upon." [1913 Webster]

"To prelect upon the military art." [1913 Webster]