Cāt'e-chīse, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. CATECHISED; p. pr. & vb. n. CATECHISING.] [Lat. catechizare; Gr. κατηχίζειν, equivalent to κατηχεῖν, to resound, to sound a thing into one's ears, to impress it upon one by word of mouth, from κατά, down, against, and ἠχεῖν, to sound, from ἠχή, equivalent to ἦχος, a sound.]
Sense 1. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, — particularly in regard to points of religious faith.
Sense 2. To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions, and sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting answers from a person which condemn his own conduct. Swift.