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Categise

noun, verb

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Noun

1
Pronunciation spelling of catechism. alt-of, archaic, pronunciation-spelling, rare, uncountable
"“Oh, sir, I’ll answer ten thousand, gin ye like till ask them, as carefully and pointedly as if I wir saying my categise.”"

Verb

1
Thrash (verbally or physically). rare
"Conceale your qualitie till we be private; if your parts be worthie of me, I will countenance you, if not, categize you."

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested around the turn of the sixteenth century. The origin is uncertain; derivation is perhaps from the Ancient Greek καταιγίζω (kataigízō, “I rush down like a storm”), from καταιγίς (kataigís, “a storm descending from above”, figuratively “battle”).

Etymology 2

See catechism.

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