Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CA-THAR'TIC, or CA-THAR'TIC-AL
CA-THAR'TIC, or CA-THAR'TIC-AL, a. [Gr. καθαρτικος, from καθαρευω, καθαιρω, to purge, καθαρος, clean, κατα, and αιρω, to remove.]
Purging; cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.
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