catechise : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: catechise	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for catechise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catechise v give religious instructions to [syn: catechize, catechise] examine through questioning and answering Synonym(s): catechize, catechise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catechise \Cat"e*chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Catechised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Catechising}.] [L. catechizare, Gr. [?], equiv. to [?] to resound, sound a thing into one's ears, impress it upon one by word of mouth; [?] + [?] to sound, [?] a sound.] 1. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, 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.