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