categise

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Alternative forms ==== categize ==== Verb ==== categise (third-person singular simple present categises, present participle categising, simple past and past participle categised) (rare) Thrash (verbally or physically). 1580–1615, an unknown source, quoted in: Henk Gras, All Semblative a Woman’s Part? (1991), page 241: Conceale your qualitie till we be private; if your parts be worthie of me, I will countenance you, if not, categize you. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:categise. === Etymology 2 === See catechism. ==== Noun ==== categise (uncountable) (archaic, rare) Pronunciation spelling of catechism.