What is "prelect"

Prelect \Pre*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prelected; p. pr. & vb. n. Prelecting.] [L. praelectus, p. p. of praelegere to read before. See Pre-, and Lection.] To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse.

Prelect \Pre*lect"\, v. i. To discourse publicly; to lecture.

Spitting . . . was publicly prelected upon.
--De. Quincey.

To prelect upon the military art.
--Bp. Horsley.

vb. To discourse publicly; to lecture.