Catechize

//ˈkætɪkaɪz//

Synonyms for "catechize" (52 found)

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Translations

17 translations across 9 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • разпитвам verb (question at length)

Catalan

1 entries
  • catequitzar verb (give oral instruction, especially of religion)

Dutch

1 entries
  • langdurig ondervragen verb (question at length)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • katekizi verb (give oral instruction, especially of religion)
  • katekizi verb (question at length)
  • kateĥizi verb (give oral instruction, especially of religion)
  • kateĥizi verb (question at length)

French

2 entries
  • catéchiser verb (give oral instruction, especially of religion)
  • catéchiser verb (question at length)

German

3 entries
  • ausgiebig befragen verb (question at length)
  • gründlich ausfragen verb (question at length)
  • katechisieren verb (give oral instruction, especially of religion)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • catequizar verb (give oral instruction, especially of religion)
  • catequizar verb (question at length)

Russian

2 entries
  • допра́шивать verb (question at length)
  • тща́тельно выспрашивать verb (question at length)

Spanish

1 entries
  • catequizar verb (give oral instruction, especially of religion)

Sample sentences

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She promised herself to ascertain thoroughly, after they should be comfortably settled in the ship, the animus with which the book was to be written. She was a very good sailor and she liked to talk at sea; there her husband would not be able to escape from her, and she foresaw the manner in which she should catechise him.

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Putting a strong American inflection into the French which I usually talked with an unmistakable British accent, I catechised the Baron as to the date of the church's building, its dimensions, and other details which an American tourist would be certain to want to know.

Source: wiktionary

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