categise
categise verb: thrash (verbally or physically). Also the pronunciation spelling of catechism.
Verb
categise (third-person singular simple present categises, present participle categising, simple past and past participle categised)
- Thrash (verbally or physically).
- Conceale your qualitie till we be private; if your parts be worthie of me, I will countenance you, if not, categize you.1580–1615, an unknown source, quoted in: Henk Gras, All Semblative a Woman’s Part? (1991), page 241
- Thus he categised the churches of his day as “The mills of Satan”, where men “in his synagogues worship Satan under the unalterable name”.1962, The Philosopher, XIII, page 49
Also used as
categise is also the pronunciation spelling of catechism.
Forms of categise
| third-person singular present | categises |
|---|---|
| present participle | categising |
| past participle | categised |
| past | categised |
| alternative form | categize |
Origin of categise
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”).
See catechism.
Questions about categise
- What does categise mean?
- Categise means thrash (verbally or physically).
- What part of speech is categise?
- Categise is a verb.
- What is the past tense of categise?
- The past tense of categise is categised.
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