Found 2 items, similar to Catechising.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: catechise
catechise
v 1: give religious instructions to [syn:
catechize]
2: examine through questioning and answering [syn:
catechize]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Catechising
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.]
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1. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and
offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard
to points of religious faith.
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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.
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