单词 | catharize |
释义 | catharizev. 1. transitive. To purify (by some ceremony). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > purification > purify [verb (transitive)] cleansec1000 hallowc1000 clengea1300 circumcide1340 circumcisec1340 purifyc1350 purgea1430 sanctifya1500 expiate1603 housel1607 lustre1645 lustrate1653 catharize1832 1832 S. R. Maitland Facts & Documents 359 The unhappy person who is to be baptized or Catharized. 2. To make chemically clean (see Catharism n. 2). ΚΠ 1881 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Derivatives ˌcathariˈzation n. ΚΠ 1870 London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. Sept. 221 Catharization is the act of clearing the surface of bodies from all alien matter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1832 |
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