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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: catechise v 1: give religious instructions to [syn: {catechize}] 2: give religious instructions to [syn: {catechize}] 3: examine through questioning and answering [syn: {catechize}]
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