lecture

/ˈlektʃər/ verb

Definition

TEACH [I] › to give a formal talk to a group of people, often at a university: She travelled widely throughout North America lecturing on women's rights. For ten years she lectured in law.

CRITICIZE [T] › to talk angrily to someone in order to criticize their behaviour: Stop lecturing me! His parents used to lecture him on his table manners.

(Definition of lecture verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)