CATECHISE

catechize, catechise

(verb) examine through questioning and answering

catechize, catechise

(verb) give religious instructions to

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

catechise (third-person singular simple present catechises, present participle catechising, simple past and past participle catechised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of catechize.

Anagrams

• hiccatees

Source: Wiktionary


Cat"e*chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Catechised; p. pr. & vb. n. Catechising.] Etym: [L. catechizare, Gr.

1. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answeres, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith.

2. To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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