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prelected

prelected is the simple past and past participle of prelect.

Meaning of prelect

Verb

prelect (third-person singular simple present prelects, present participle prelecting, simple past and past participle prelected)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To speak publicly; to lecture.
    • 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.1860, Thomas De Quincey, “Conversation”, in Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected; and Other Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XIV), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 151

Questions about prelected

What is prelected the simple past and past participle of?
Prelected is the simple past and past participle of prelect.

Words near prelected in the dictionary

  1. prelease
  2. preleased
  3. preleases
  4. preleasing
  5. prelect
  6. prelected
  7. prelecting
  8. prelection
  9. prelections
  10. prelector
  11. prelectors

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