lecturing

noun

1. 1. an informative talk given as before an audience or class and usually prepared beforehand
   2. the text of such a talk
2. a lengthy rebuke or scolding

Origin: ME, act of reading < ML lectura < pp. of L legere, to read: see logic

intransitive verb lectured, lecturing

transitive verb

1. to give a lecture to
2. to rebuke or scold at length