intr.v. pre·lect·ed, pre·lect·ing, pre·lects To lecture or discourse in public. [Latin praelegere, praelect- : prae-, pre- + legere, to read; see leg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] pre·lection n. pre·lector n. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.