Cataracts
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkætəɹækts/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cataracts is a noun meaning (biblical, obsolete) The floodgates of heaven, regarded as holding back the rain.
Meaning
(biblical, obsolete) The floodgates of heaven, regarded as holding back the rain.
More Meanings
- plural of cataract
- third-person singular simple present indicative of cataract
Example Sentences
No ſooner hee [Noah] vvith them of Man and Beaſt / Select for life ſhall in the Ark be lodg'd, / And ſhelterd round, but all the Cataracts / Of Heav'n ſet open on the Earth ſhall povvre / Raine day and night, […]
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