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catharize, v.|ˈkæθəraɪz|
[ad. Gr. καθαρίζ-ειν to make clean, purify, f. καθαρός clean.]
1. trans. To purify (by some ceremony).
1832S. R. Maitland Facts & Documents 359 The unhappy person who is to be baptized or Catharized.
2. To make chemically clean (see Catharism 2). Hence ˌcathariˈzation.
1881in Syd. Soc. Lex. |