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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Catechise

· Cat·e·chise · IPA
01 v. t. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith.
imp. & p. p. Catechised; p. pr. & vb. n. Catechising
  1. 1.
    To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith.
  2. 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.