lecture
1. lec.ture \'lek-ch*r\ \-.ship\ n [ME, act of reading fr. LL lectura, fr. L lectus, pp. of legere)X to read - more at LEGEND 1: a discourse given before an audience or class esp. for instruction 2: a formal reproof : REPRIMAND - lec.ture.ship n 2. lecture \'lek-ch*-rin, 'lek-shrin\ \-ch*r-*r\ vb or lec.tur.ing : to deliver a lecture or a course of lectures 1: to deliver a lecture to 2: to reprove formally : REPRIMAND - lec.tur.er n