Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To lecture or discourse in public.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To read publicly, as a lecture.
- To read a lecture or discourse in public; hence, to discourse publicly; lecture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse.
- intransitive verb To discourse publicly; to lecture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
discourse publicly ; tolecture .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He would prelect over some thriving plant with wonderful enthusiasm, piling reminiscence on reminiscence of former and perhaps yet finer specimens.
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Here our friend _Anamnesis_ seemed fatigued, as if he thought he had spun a sufficiently _long yarn_ on the subject; so we prevailed on him to prosecute the walk, as evening was beginning to close in -- not, indeed, without apprehension that he would make a stand at several other interesting plants on which it might suit him to prelect!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Various
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A very old and rusty armoury may, as here, be seen any where; but a row of formidable shark skulls, taken along the coast, and some in the very port of Catania, are rarities on which the _ciceroni_ like to prelect, being furnished with many a story of bathers curtailed by them, and secure a large portion of attention, especially if you were just thinking of a dip.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various
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Philosophical congresses meet and argue and go home; Gifford lecturers prelect; yet so far as can be seen there is little sign that the key has been grasped.
Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge Alexander Philip
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Being in Rome, I was naturally desirous of seeing the Father, and hearing him prelect.
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge James Aitken Wylie 1849
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The Collegio Romano has a numerous staff of professors, who prelect on theology, logic, history, mathematics, natural philosophy, and other branches.
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge James Aitken Wylie 1849
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