Bible Dictionaries
Cathartic

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.

(2):

(a.) Alt. of Catharical

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cathartic'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cathartic.html. 1828.