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cat·e·chize
(kăt′ĭ-kīz′)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·za′tion (-kĭ-zā′shən) n.
cat′e·chiz′er n.
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catechize
(ˈkætɪˌkaɪz) orcatechise
vb (tr)
1. to teach or examine by means of questions and answers
2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) to give oral instruction in Christianity, esp by using a catechism
3. to put questions to (someone)
[C15: from Late Latin catēchizāre, from Greek katēkhizein, from katēkhein to instruct orally, literally: to shout down, from kata- down + ēkhein to sound]
ˈcatechist, ˈcateˌchizer, ˈcateˌchiser n
ˌcateˈchistic, ˌcateˈchistical adj
ˌcateˈchistically adv
ˌcatechiˈzation, ˌcatechiˈsation n
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cat•e•chize
(ˈkæt ɪˌkaɪz)v. -chized, -chiz•ing. v.t.
1. to instruct or teach by use of catechism.
2. to question closely.
v.i. 3. to instruct in catechism.
[1375–1425; < Late Latin catēchizāre < Greek katēchízein to teach orally, instruct, for earlier katēcheîn]
cat′e•chiz`er, n.
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catechize
Past participle: catechized
Gerund: catechizing
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| Present |
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| I catechize |
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| he/she/it catechizes |
| we catechize |
| you catechize |
| they catechize |
| Preterite |
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| I catechized |
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| he/she/it catechized |
| we catechized |
| you catechized |
| they catechized |
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| I am catechizing |
| you are catechizing |
| he/she/it is catechizing |
| we are catechizing |
| you are catechizing |
| they are catechizing |
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| I have catechized |
| you have catechized |
| he/she/it has catechized |
| we have catechized |
| you have catechized |
| they have catechized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was catechizing |
| you were catechizing |
| he/she/it was catechizing |
| we were catechizing |
| you were catechizing |
| they were catechizing |
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| I had catechized |
| you had catechized |
| he/she/it had catechized |
| we had catechized |
| you had catechized |
| they had catechized |
| Future |
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| I will catechize |
| you will catechize |
| he/she/it will catechize |
| we will catechize |
| you will catechize |
| they will catechize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have catechized |
| you will have catechized |
| he/she/it will have catechized |
| we will have catechized |
| you will have catechized |
| they will have catechized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be catechizing |
| you will be catechizing |
| he/she/it will be catechizing |
| we will be catechizing |
| you will be catechizing |
| they will be catechizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been catechizing |
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| he/she/it has been catechizing |
| we have been catechizing |
| you have been catechizing |
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| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been catechizing |
| you will have been catechizing |
| he/she/it will have been catechizing |
| we will have been catechizing |
| you will have been catechizing |
| they will have been catechizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been catechizing |
| you had been catechizing |
| he/she/it had been catechizing |
| we had been catechizing |
| you had been catechizing |
| they had been catechizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would catechize |
| you would catechize |
| he/she/it would catechize |
| we would catechize |
| you would catechize |
| they would catechize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have catechized |
| you would have catechized |
| he/she/it would have catechized |
| we would have catechized |
| you would have catechized |
| they would have catechized |
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