catechise

catechise is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith.
2. transitive verb. 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.
3. verb. examine through questioning and answering

   Synonyms: catechize

4. verb. give religious instructions to

   Synonyms: catechize

Synonyms

catechize

Common word forms

catechised, catechiser, catechises, catechising

Words from these letters

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