Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lecture"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lecture \Lec"ture\ (-t[-u]r; 135), n. [F. lecture, LL. lectura,
fr. L. legere, lectum, to read. See {Legend}.]
1. The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.
[Obs.]
2. A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or
methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes,
a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.
3. A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.
4. (Eng. Universities) A rehearsal of a lesson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lecture \Lec"ture\, v. i.
To deliver a lecture or lectures.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lecture
n 1: a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture
on telecommunications" [syn: {public lecture}, {talk}]
2: a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of
discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" [syn: {speech},
{talking to}]
3: teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to
a class) [syn: {lecturing}]
v 1: deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next
week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" [syn: {talk}]
2: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic [syn: {rebuke}, {rag},
{trounce}, {reproof}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {scold},
{chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out},
{chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
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