Obs. rare–1. [ad. Gr. καθαρμός purification, purging, f. καθαίρειν to cleanse, purge, f. καθαρός clean.] A purging or purgation.
1678. Cudworth, Intell. Syst., 787. Those Ancients made use of Catharms, or Purgations to the same end and purpose.
