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
- hoochy-koochies
- hoochy-koochy
- hood
- Hood Canal
- hood clock
- hood end
- hood molding
- hood ornament
- Hood, Mount
- hood-and-ladder company
- hoodcap
- hooded
- hooded clock
- hooded crow
- hooded gull
- hooded ladies' tresses
- hooded merganser
- hooded milfoil
- hooded oriole
- hooded pitcher plant
- hooded rat
- hooded seal
- hooded sheldrake
- hooded snake
- hooded tern