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inflamer|ɪnˈfleɪmə(r)|
[f. inflame v. + -er1.]
One who or that which inflames or kindles; an exciter, arouser, instigator. (Chiefly in bad sense.)
1609Bp. W. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 364 The originall nourishing inflamers, which minister the rechaffment to these disloyal attempts. a1631Donne Ess. Divinity (1651) 191 Ceremonies, the cement and mortar of all Exterior, and often the inflamer of interior Religion. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iv. i. §23 The inflamer of this rebellion. 1711Addison Spect. No. 185 ⁋4 Interest is likewise a great Inflamer, and sets a Man on Persecution under the colour of Zeal. 1750Warburton Julian Wks. 1811 VIII. 228 Inflamers of their master's follies. 1852Grote Greece ii. lxxvi. X. 82 Accordingly I seize this man Ismenias as the great inflamer of war. 1881Daily News 17 Feb. 5/2 The inflamers of public hatred against the Jews.
b. That which causes heat or inflammation (in the blood, etc.).
1747Berkeley Tar-water for Cattle Wks. III. 490, I knew that tar-water was cordial and diaphoretic, and yet no inflamer. |