Posted on 03/28/2012 4:14:04 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
catechize \KAT-i-kahyz\, verb
1. To question closely.
2. To instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.
3. To question with reference to belief.
Example sentences:
He sent her off when the dial made it five o'clock every fourth Sunday—for we had service only once a month, the parson having a church at Brampton, where he lived, and another as well, which made it the more wicked of us to play truant—but whether she got there early or late, or got there at all, he'd never ask, let alone catechize her about the sermon.
-- Mary Webb, Precious Bane
Aunt Bessie tried to catechize her about Erik's disappearance, and it was Kennicott who silenced the woman…
-- Sinclair Lewis, Main Street
Etymology:
Catechize stems from the Greek word katēchízein meaning "to teach orally." It was first used in the sense of "to question" by Shakespeare in Othello.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
LOL so true.
My DH got into an email kerfuffle last night. bottom line, an email came claiming our stimulus $$ was used to keep a certain Coach Robinson’s job. Yep, that one. $19mill to the university and his job is safe. he forwarded from a pubbie to a dem.....OMG. Sparks were flying.
Who is coach robinson?
Dennis is a her?
Michelle Robinson Obama’s brother.
@FloridaBriar has a twitter, i think she looks like a girl. @DennisRoss has his own account, i’m not interested in him.
oh i hadn’t heard anything about it.
I LOVED THAT!!!
I agree.
i found the trailer offensively bad.
he impressed the hell outta me.
i thought i heard at least one stifled guffaw.
The cops KNEW they were taped. Easy explanation.
With all of the additional info that has come out this week in re; the trayvon-zimmerman situation, have you reconsidered your indictment of Zimmerman?
several of the hockey types that i follow on Twitter are ragging on Tim Thomas for his conservative views and it’s enraging me.
just relax and remember the look on your cab driver’s face...
i unfollowed the one j@ck@$$
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