verb
- to read aloud or recite (a text) in a formal or academic setting; to deliver a lecture or discourse
Usage: archaic; formal; chiefly historical in academic contexts
Examples
- The professor praelects from the ancient manuscript each morning.
- Medieval scholars would praelect the classical texts to their students.
- He praelects with great eloquence and precision.
- The tutor praelects on philosophy to an attentive audience.
- She praelects passages from the canon to illustrate her argument.