ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. plural of cataract
  2. 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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