\Pre*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prelected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Prelecting}.] [L. praelectus, p. p. of praelegere to
read before. See {Pre-}, and {Lection}.]
To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse.

\Pre*lect"\, v. i.
To discourse publicly; to lecture.
      Spitting . . . was publicly prelected upon. --De.
                                               Quincey.
      To prelect upon the military art.        --Bp. Horsley.