† cataˈractic,a.Obs. [f. cataract + -ic.] Of the nature of a cataract (see senses 2 and 5 of the n.). So cataˈracticala. 1693J. Beaumont On Burnet's Th. Earth. i. 56 Cataractical Falls, and Serpentine Courses of Rivers.a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. I. 401 Certain Catarractick Instruments.