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PRELECTS
Verb
prelects
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prelect
Source: Wiktionary
PRELECT
Pre*lect" v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prelected; p. pr. & vb. n. Prelecting.] Etym: [L. praelectus, p. p. of praelegere to read before. See Pre-, and Lection.]
Definition: To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse.
Pre*lect", v. i.
Definition: To discourse publicly; to lecture. Spitting . . . was publicly prelected upon. De. Quincey. To prelect upon the military art. Bp. Horsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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