Webster's Dictionary 1828

919

CATCHABLE

CATCHABLE, adjective That may be caught.

920

CATCHER

CATCHER, noun One who catches; that which catches, or in which any thing is caught.

921

CATCHING

CATCHING, participle present tense Seizing; taking hold; ensnaring; entangling.CATCHING, adjective Communicating, or that may be communicated, by contagion; infectious; as, a di...

922

CATCHPENNY

CATCHPENNY, noun Something worthless, particularly a book or pamphlet, adapted to the popular taste, and intended to gain money in market.

923

CATCHUP

CATCHUP,CATE, noun [See Cates.]

924

CATE

CATE, n. [See Cates.]

925

CATECHETICAL

CATECHETICAL, adjective [See Catechise.]1. Relating to oral instruction, and particularly in the first principles of the Christian religion.2. Relating to or consisting in askin...

926

CATECHETICALLY

CATECHETICALLY, adverb By question and answer; in the way of oral instruction.

927

CATECHISE

CATECHISE, verb transitive1. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections.2. To question; to interrogate; to examine or try by q...

928

CATECHISED

CATECHISED, participle passive Instructed.

929

CATECHISER

CATECHISER, noun One who catechises; one who instructs by question and answer, and particularly in the rudiments of the Christian religion.

930

CATECHISING

CATECHISING, participle present tense Instructing in rudiments or principles.

931

CATECHISM

CATECHISM, noun1. A form of instruction by means of questions and answers, particularly in the principles of religion.2. An elementary book containing a summary of principles in...

932

CATECHIST

CATECHIST, noun One who instructs viva voice, or by question and answer; a catechiser; one appointed by the church to instruct in the principles of religion.

933

CATECHISTIC

CATECHISTIC,CATECHISTICAL, adjective Pertaining to a catechist, or catechism.

934

CATECHISTICAL

CATECHISTICAL, a. Pertaining to a catechist, or catechism.

935

CATECHU

CATECHU, noun Terra Japonica, a dry extract, or brown astringent substance, obtained by decoction and evaporation from a species of Mimosa in India. It consists chiefly of tannin.

936

CATECHUMEN

CATECHUMEN, noun One who is in the first rudiments of Christianity; one who is receiving instruction and preparing himself for baptism. These were anciently the children of beli...

937

CATECHUMENICAL

CATECHUMENICAL, adjective Belonging to catechumens.

938

CATECHUMENIST

CATECHUMENIST, noun A catechumen.

939

CATEGORICAL

CATEGORICAL, adjective1. Pertaining to a category.2. Absolute; positive; express; not relative or hypothetical; as a categorical proposition, syllogism or answer.

940

CATEGORY

CATEGORY, noun In logic, a series or order of all the predicates or attributes contained under a genus. The school philosophers distributed all the objects of our thoughts and i...

941

CATENARIAN

CATENARIAN,CATENARY, adjective Relating to a chain; like a chain. The catenarian curve, in geometry, is formed by a rope or chain hanging freely between two points of suspension...

942

CATENATE

CATENATE, verb transitive To chain, or rather to connect in a series of links or ties.

943

CATENATION

CATENATION, noun Connection of links, union of parts, as in a chain; regular connection. [See Concatenation.]

944

CATER

CATER, verb intransitive To provide food; to buy or procure provisions; followed by for; as, to cater for the sparrow.CATER, noun A provider. [See Caterer.]CATER, noun The four ...

945

CATER-COUSIN

CATER-COUSIN, noun A quaere-cousin, a remote relation.