cataleptic (kataleptik)

and n. [= F. cat a leptique Sp. cataléptico = Pg. cataleptico = It. catalettico, The young lady was able to execute [on the pianoforte], in the cataleptic state, what she apparently had not learned and could not execute when out of that state. Pop . Sci . Mo., XIII. 450. II. n. A person affected with catalepsy. cat a lept i form (kat-a-lep'ti-fôrm), a . [LL. cat a leps is (-lept-) + L. form a , form.] Resembling catalepsy. cataleptize (kat-a-lep'tiz), v. t.; pret. and pp. cat a lept i zed , ppr. cat a lept i zing . [ catalept -ic + -ize.] To render cataleptic. A most remarkable phenomenon may be observed in some instances: by merely opening one eye of the lethar gic patient the corresponding side of the body is catalep Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLI. 733, tized. We read of priests being cat a lept i zed at the altar in the attitude of elevating the sacrament. Quoted in Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLI. 739.