[lec.ture] n [ME, act of reading, fr. LL lectura, fr. L lectus, pp. of legere] (15c) 1: a discourse given before an audience or class esp. for instruction
2: a formal reproof -- lec.ture.ship n
[2]lecture vb lec.tured ; lec.tur.ing vi (ca. 1590): to deliver a lecture or a course of lectures ~ vt 1: to deliver a lecture to
2: to reprove formally -- lec.tur.er n