catechize, catechise
(verb) examine through questioning and answering
catechize, catechise
(verb) give religious instructions to
Source: WordNet® 3.1
catechise (third-person singular simple present catechises, present participle catechising, simple past and past participle catechised)
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of catechize.
• 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
3 July 2024
(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”
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