Catechise, to try by questions: “what kind of --ing call you this?” Ado IV, 1, 79. “I must c. you for it,” Tw. I, 5, 68. “I suck my teeth and c. my picked man of countries,” John I, 192. Explained in its original sense (to instruct by questions and appropriate answers): “I will c. the world for him, that is, make questions, and by them answer,” Oth. III, 4, 16.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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