prelect
verb
pre·lect pri-ˈlekt 
prelected; prelecting; prelects
intransitive verb
: to discourse publicly : lecture
prelection
pri-ˈlek-shən
noun 
Word History
Etymology
Latin praelectus, past participle of praelegere, from prae- + legere to read — more at legend
First Known Use
1785, in the meaning defined above
- mensurableness
- mensurablenesses
- mensural
- mensural music
- mensural notation
- mensuralist
- mensuralists
- mensurate
- mensuration
- mensuration canon
- mensurational
- mensurations
- mensurative
- menswear
- menswears
- ment
- ment de pied
- ment impediment
- menta
- mental
- mental age
- mental case
- mental chemistry
- mental deficiency
- mental disease