catechize
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
catechize (catechizes, present participle catechizing; past and past participle catechized)
- To give oral instruction, especially of religion; now specifically by the formal question-and-answer method; in the Church of England, to teach the catechism as preparation for confirmation.
- To question at length.
- 1910, Saki, ‘The Soul of Laploshka’, Reginald in Russia:
- Putting a strong American inflection into the French which I usually talked with an unmistakeable British accent, I catechized the Baron as to the date of the church's building, its dimensions, and other details which an American tourist would be certain to want to know.
- 1910, Saki, ‘The Soul of Laploshka’, Reginald in Russia:
- German: ausgiebig befragen, gründlich ausfragen
- Portuguese: catequisar
- Russian: допра́шивать
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