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lect

[ lekt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Linguistics.

a distinct variety of a language, as a standard variety or a nonstandard regional dialect:
Without a central academy to govern usage, Standard English accepts more variation in grammar and lexicon than the standard lects of other languages.

lect.

abbreviation for

lecture.
lecturer.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of lect¹

First recorded in 1970–75; (dia)lect ( def )

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I am not the first to ref lect on the roots of “Funes the Memorious” and its possible interpretations.

From

Bampton Lectures of 1866, lect. vii. p.

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There are some remarks well worth reading about the death of Julian, and the state of thought that rendered such a death possible, in Dr. Newman's Discourses on University Education, lect. ix.296.“Lex non pœna mors” was a favourite saying among the ancients.

From

Robertson Smith, Religion of the Semites, lect. xi.

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Variant. var. lect., varia lectio= Varying reading.

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