catechise

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: cat=e=chise

CIDE DICTIONARY

catechise, v. t. [L. catechizare, Gr. , equiv. to to resound, sound a thing into one's ears, impress it upon one by word of mouth; + to sound, a sound.].

•  To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]