prelect
To speak publicly; to lecture.
archaic, intransitive
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.
Where it comes from
From Latin praelectus, past participle of praelegō.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry prelect (CC BY-SA 4.0).