Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Catechise

Catechise , transitive verb

[Latin catechizare, Greek {not transcribed}, equiv. to {not transcribed} to resound, sound a thing into one's ears, impress it upon one by word of mouth; {not transcribed} + {not transcribed} to sound, {not transcribed} 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