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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Verb	1.	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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catechize examine instruct learn Teach			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			catchment area catchment basin Catchment board catchpenny catchphrase catchpole Catchpoll catchup Catchwater catchwater drain Catchweed catchweight catchword Catchwork catchy catclaw cate catechesis Catechetic catechetical catechetical instruction Catechetically catechetics catechin Catechisation Catechise Catechiser catechism Catechismal catechist Catechistic catechize catechol catecholamine catechu Catechuic catechumen Catechumenate Catechumenical catechumenism Catechumenist categorem Categorematic categoreme categorial categorial grammar categoric categorical categorical imperative categorically Categoricalness			CATEA Cateau, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis, Treaty of 1559 Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty of 1559 CATEC Catecean Catecean catecheses Catechesi Tradendae catechesis catechesis catechetic catechetic catechetical catechetical catechetical instruction Catechetically Catechetics Catechetics catechin catechin catechin Catechine Catechine Catechins Catechins Catechins Catechisation Catechise catechised catechised Catechiser Catechiser catechisers catechisers catechises catechises catechising catechising catechism catechism catechism Catechism of the Catholic Church catechismal catechismal Catechisms Catechisms catechist catechist catechistic catechistical catechists catechization catechization catechize catechize catechized catechized catechizer

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