What does prelect mean?
Prelect means (intransitive, archaic) To speak publicly; to lecture..
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/pɹɪˈlɛkt/ · verb
(intransitive, archaic) To speak publicly; to lecture..
a. 1806, Samuel Horsley, sermon To prelect upon the military art.
Spitting, if the reader will pardon the mention of so gross a fact, was shown to be a very difficult part, and publicly prelected upon about the same time, in the same great capital.
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Prelect means (intransitive, archaic) To speak publicly; to lecture..
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a. 1806, Samuel Horsley, sermon To prelect upon the military art.
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