Definitions for catechise
cat·e·chise

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. catechize, catechiseverb

   give religious instructions to

2. catechize, catechiseverb

   examine through questioning and answering

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CATECHISEverb

   Etymology: ϰατηχέω.

   1. To instruct by asking questions, and correcting the answers.

   I will catechise the world for him; that is, make questions, and bid them answer. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   Had those three thousand souls been catechised by our modern casuists, we had seen a wide difference. Decay of Piety.

   2. To question; to interrogate; to examine; to try by interrogatories.

   Why then I suck my teeth, and catechise
   My piked man of countries. William Shakespeare, King John.

   There flies about a strange report,
   Of some express arriv’d at court;
   I’m stopp’d by all the fools I meet,
   And catechis’d in ev’ry street. Jonathan Swift.

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1. catechise

   To catechise is to instruct or teach someone, typically in principles of Christian religion, by using a series of formal questions and answers. It can also refer to the process of questioning someone methodically, typically in regards to a certain subject or to evaluate knowledge or understanding.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Catechiseverb

   to instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith

2. Catechiseverb

   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

3. Etymology: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Catechise

   kat′e-kīz, v.t. to instruct by question and answer: to question as to belief: to examine systematically, to take to task.—adjs. Catechet′ic, -al, relating to a catechism or oral instruction in the first principles, esp. of Christianity.—adv. Catechet′ically.—ns. Catechet′ics, the art or practice of teaching by question and answer: that part of theology which treats of Catechē′sis, or primary oral instruction, as that given to catechumens; Cat′echiser; Cat′echising, an examination by questioning; Cat′echism, any compendious system of teaching drawn up in the form of question and answer; Cat′echist, one who catechises, a teacher of catechumens, a native teacher in a mission church.—adjs. Catechist′ic, -al, Catechis′mal, pertaining to a catechist or catechism. [L. catechismus, formed from Gr. katēchiz-ein, katēche-ein, to din into the ears—kata, down, ēchē, a sound.]

Matched Categories

1. • Examine
   • Teach

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   The numerical value of catechise in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of catechise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=catechise
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=catechise
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catechise
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=catechise