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prelect

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pre⋅lect

  [pri-lekt]
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–verb (used without object)
to lecture or discourse publicly.
Also, praelect.

Origin:
1610–20; < L praelectus, ptp. of praelegere to lecture, equiv. to prae- pre- + legere to read aloud; see lection

Related forms:
pre⋅lec⋅tion  [pri-lek-shuhn] , noun
pre⋅lec⋅tor, noun
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pre·lect   (prĭ-lěkt')   
intr.v.   pre·lect·ed, pre·lect·ing, pre·lects
To lecture or discourse in public.

[Latin praelegere, praelect- : prae-, pre- + legere, to read; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
pre·lec'tion n., pre·lec'tor n.
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