Catechise
to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.
to question with reference to belief.
to question closely.
Historical Examples
Pray you, let me catechise you a little; what might one call your name, dog?
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys. Thomas Dekker
We may demand the credentials of every creed and catechise all the catechisms.
The Professor at the Breakfast Table Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)
A new cousin to catechise was a happiness that did not occur every day.
The Maidens’ Lodge Emily Sarah Holt
“When I know your right to catechise me, I will answer,” snarled the captain.
Roger Ingleton, Minor Talbot Baines Reed
She could not catechise him, and force his confidence on this subject of all others.
Robert Elsmere Mrs. Humphry Ward
I cannot suppose that he would venture to catechise McNeice.
The Red Hand of Ulster George A. Birmingham
It will avail nothing to catechise the secretive Paul, who is garrulous upon irrelevant hallucinations only.
Oswald Langdon Carson Jay Lee
Come, my dear, have you conned over the catechise I taught you last night?
The Beaux-Stratagem George Farquhar
Phillis and Dulce used to catechise him sometimes; but his replies were always evasive.
Not Like Other Girls Rosa N. Carey
“I should not presume to catechise you,” he returned, hastily.
Not Like Other Girls Rosa N. Carey
verb (transitive)
to teach or examine by means of questions and answers
to give oral instruction in Christianity, esp by using a catechism
to put questions to (someone)
v.
chiefly British English spelling of catechize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Catechised; catechising.
v.
early 15c., from Church Latin catechizare “to teach by word of mouth” (also source of French catéchiser, Spanish catequizar, Italian catechizzare), from Greek katekhizein “teach orally, instruct by word of mouth,” from katekhein “to resound” (see catechesis). Related: Catechized; catechizing.
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