catechize

(katə kīz′)

transitive verb catechized, catechizing

  1. to teach, esp. in the principles of religion, by the method of questions and answers
  2. to question searchingly or fully

Origin: ME catecizen < LL(Ec) catechizare < Gr katēchizein: see catechetical

Also sp. catechise

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See catechize in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb cat·e·chized, cat·e·chiz·ing, cat·e·chiz·es
  1. To teach the principles of Christian dogma, discipline, and ethics by means of questions and answers.
  2. To question or examine closely or methodically: “Boswell was eternally catechizing him on all kinds of subjects” (Thomas Macaulay).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English catecizen

Origin: , from Old French catechiser

Origin: , from Medieval Latin catēchizāre

Origin: , from Late Greek katēkhizein

Origin: , from Greek katēkhein

Origin: : kata-, down, off, out; see cata-

Origin: + ēkhein, to sound (from ēkhē, sound)

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Related Forms:

  • catˌe·chi·zaˈtion (-kĭ-zāˈshən) noun
  • catˈe·chizˌer noun

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