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Lectured

Lecture \Lec"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lectured (-t[-u]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lecturing.]

  1. To read or deliver a lecture to.

  2. To reprove formally and with authority.

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lectured

vb. (en-past of: lecture)

Usage examples of "lectured".

A few years earlier, hearing that Trumbull was to undertake such a commission, Adams had lectured him on the importance of accuracy.

When I found out she had a man with her I thought anxiously about the crooks preying on Sleepers that Bernstein had lectured me about and got busier than ever.

They were shown specimens of the plants to be avoided and lectured on the botany so far catalogued: the varieties of fruit, leafy vegetables, and tubers that were innocuous and could be eaten in moderation.

By the time he had been lectured on the exceptions to that particular rule, he had forgotten his question.

He lectured me on the mathematics of time theory and temporal displacement (he didn't call it "time travel"), but he cautioned me not to take notes.

He must be “very exactly and minutely acquainted with the state of every regiment,” Adams was lectured by General Horatio Gates.

It was not titles that gave men preeminence in America, she had lectured the “haughty Scotchman” on her voyage to England and to the solid approval of her shipmates.

He had no right to complain of his predecessor's appointments, she lectured Jefferson.

It was not titles that gave men preeminence in America, she had lectured the "haughty Scotchman" on her voyage to England and to the solid approval of her shipmates.

And she felt quite guilty as he lectured her about the consequences of being flighty and expecting glamorous assignments.

He also lectured on the variety and diversity of fruits, vegetables, grasses, lichens, fungi and exotics available to the Guild caterers.

K'vin had lectured the candidates on their responsibilities to their dragonets so he was familiar with many of them.

Master Oldive, after examining the Harper, lectured them on how to help Robinton in his recuperation.

Jaxom had known that that was one reason Aivas had grilled him so long and so hard on the layout of the bridge and lectured him on null-gravity conditions.

In the intervening days he kept me at his side for all sorts of tedious errands and constantly lectured me on what my life would be like when I grew up to be an officer in the King’s Cavallas.