Catechise
Pronunciation : Cat"e*chise
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. catechizare, Gr.
Definition : 1. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answeres, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith.
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. Swift.
t. [imp. & p. p. Catechised; p. pr. & vb. n. Catechising.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913