pre-lection
verb (used without object)
to lecture or discourse publicly.
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| —vb | |
| rare (intr) to lecture or discourse in public | |
| [C17: from Late Latin praelegere to instruct by reading, lecture, from prae in front of, in public + legere to read, choose] | |
| pre'lection | |
| —n | |
| pre'lector | |
| —n | |
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