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Catechise

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Cat´e`chise
v. t.1.
[imp. & p. p. Catechised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Catechising.]
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.
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Verb1.catechise - give religious instructions to
catechize
instruct, teach, learn - impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
2.catechise - examine through questioning and answering
catechize
examine - question closely


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We erected our tent, and placed our altar under some great trees, for the benefit of the shade; and every day before sun-rising my companion and I began to catechise and instruct these new Catholics, and used our utmost endeavours to make them abjure their errors.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
At last she began to catechise me on the subject of secrecy, to which I gave her such satisfactory answers, that, at last, having locked the door of her room, she took me into her closet, and then locking that door likewise, she said she should convince me of the vast reliance she had on my integrity, by communicating a secret in which her honour, and consequently her life, was concerned.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
The contralto will not care to catechise the bass; the tenor will foresee no embarrassing dearth of remark in evenings spent with the lovely soprano.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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