English Explanatory Dictionary

categise

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Thrash (verbally or physically).
noun
  1. Pronunciation spelling of catechism.

Word forms

categise categises categising categised categize

Etymology

First attested around the turn of the sixteenth century. The origin is uncertain; derivation is perhaps from the Ancient Greek καταιγίζω (kataigízō, “I rush down like a storm”), from καταιγίς (kataigís, “a storm descending from above”, figuratively “battle”).

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