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catechize, v.|ˈkætɪkaɪz|
Forms: 5 cathezize, (6 cathecyse, 7 catachise), 6– catechise, 7– chize.
[ad. L. catēchizā-re, Tertullian (in med.L. also catecizare, catezizare, cathezizare, in F. catéchiser (16th c. in Littré), Pr. cathezizar, Sp. catequizar, It. catechizzare), f. Gr. κατηχίζ-ειν to instruct orally, a derivative of factitive form from κατηχέ-ειν to resound, to sound amiss, to din in, instill, teach or instruct orally, f. κατά down, thoroughly + ἠχεῖν to sound, ring. The primary vb. is in N.T.; the derivative, of later introduction, had only the technical ecclesiastical application.]
1. trans. To give systematic oral instruction; to instruct (the young or ignorant) in the elements of religion by repeating the instruction until it is learnt by heart, or (as always implied in modern times) by the method of formal questions and answers; to instruct by means of a catechism; in the Church of England, to teach the catechism, esp. in preparation for confirmation.
1449[see catechized]. 14..in Anglia VIII. 164 A chile shulde be catecized, þat is to seye enformed in þe feith atte chirchedore. [1502Ord. Crysten Men i. ii. (W. de W. 1506) 13 Cathecyser is as moche to saye as to instruct or teche the fundacyons and artycles necessary of our holy fayth.] 1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 907 Pastour..catechiseth, that is to say, instructeth them that be yonglings in religion. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell., Chronol. E j a, Constantine, being confirmed by a signe from heaven, becommeth catechized in the Faith. 1611Bible Prov. xxii. 6 Train up [marg. Catechise] a child in the way he should go. a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scotl. an. 1616 (R.) That children should be carefully catechised, and confirmed by the bishops. a1711Ken Direct. Prayer Wks. (1838) 341. 1732 Berkeley Alciphr. iv. §3, I..was once upon a time catechised and tutored into the belief of a God. 1836Hook in Life I. 292 To become a good catechist you must catechise.
b. fig. (ironical.)
1639Fuller Holy War iii. xx. (D.) Reclaimed with gentle means, not catechised with fire and fagot.
†2. To teach orally, instill (religious instruction).
a1625Boys in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. I. 312 Their voices are well understood, catechising the first elements of religion.
†3. To instruct orally (in any subject). Obs.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. To Rdr. (1676) 35/2 Such Visitor..might..root out atheism..catechise gross ignorance, purge Italy of luxury and riot. 1623Cockeram, Catechize, to instruct by mouth. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 313 Whether Herodotus were rightly Catechized and instructed in the Egyptian Doctrine..may very well be questioned.
4. To examine with a catechism or in the manner of a theological catechism; to question as to belief.
1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 78 And because Prudence would see how Christiana had brought up her children, she asked leave of her to Catechise them. Ibid. 81 Come Matthew, shall I also Catechise you? 1869Daily News 22 Dec., These gentlemen wanted Dr. Temple..to admit their right to catechise him. 1873Morley Rousseau I. 228 He was closely catechized by a commission of members of the consistory.
5. To question or interrogate systematically or at length; esp. to question or examine with a view to reproof or condemnation; to take to task.
1604Shakes. Oth. ii. iv. 16, I will Catechize the world for him, that is, make Questions, and by them answer. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Prophecy Wks. (1711) 181 Armed vagabonds catechising every man by the purse. 1659Pearson Creed (1839) 62 God..catechised the prophet Jeremy in a potter's house, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? 1727Swift To very yng. Lady, Catechising him where he has been. 1784Cowper Task iii. 203 Pierce my vein, Take of the crimson stream meandring there, And catechise it well. 1847Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor I. viii. 309 She was catechised without end; perhaps she suffered corporeal chastisement. 1863Emerson Thoreau Wks. (Bohn) III. 334 Asking questions of Indians is like catechizing beavers and rabbits.
Hence ˈcatechized ppl. a.
c1449Pecock Repr. iv. ii. 426 No man baptisid or Cathezized. 1640Yorke Union Hon. Pref. Verses, Their catechised Childe. 1858F. Paget Parish & Priest 70 He may be as heretical as he will, but he will do no mischief if he preaches to a catechized congregation. |