资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Catechise \Cat"e*chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Catechised}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Catechising}.] [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.]
   1. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, 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.