Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AN-A-CA-THAR'TIC
AN-A-CAR'DI-UMAN-A-CA-THAR'TIC
AN-A-CA-THAR'TIC, a. [Gr. ανα, upward, and καθαρσις, a purging. See Cathartic.]
Throwing upward; cleansing by exciting vomiting, expectoration, &c. – Quincy.
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