Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CA-THAR'TIC
CA-THAR'TIC, or CA-THAR'TIC-ALCA-THAR'TIC-AL-LY
CA-THAR'TIC, n.
A medicine that promotes alvine discharges, and thus cleanses the stomach and bowels; a purge; a purgative.
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