tr.v. 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). [Middle English catecizen, from Old French catechiser, from Medieval Latin catēchizāre, from Late Greek katēkhizein, from Greek katēkhein : kata-, down, off, out; see CATA- + ēkhein, to sound (from ēkhē, sound).] cat′e·chi·zation (-kĭ-zāshən) n. cate·chiz′er n. |
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