Definition of Averter

1. n. One who, or that which, averts.

Definition of Averter

1. Noun. One who, or that which, averts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Averter

1. one that averts [n -S] - See also: averts

Lexicographical Neighbors of Averter

aversions
aversive
aversive behaviour
aversive conditioning
aversive stimulus
aversive therapy
aversive training
aversively
aversiveness
aversivenesses
aversives
avert
avertable
averted
averter (current term)
averters
avertible
avertiments
avertin
averting
avertress
avertresses
averts

Literary usage of Averter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, Sir W Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1885)
"'Azala in Arabic means to remove, place far apart, hence it has been thought possible that it may have denoted the averter of evil (Gese- nius), ..."

2. Rhodes in Ancient Times by Cecil Torr (1885)
"... averter of pestilence; at Camiros as ... averter of mildew, near the modern village of Tholo, where the temple and ..."

3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"Or again, Dionysus is the averter of foxes, Zeus of flies, Apollo of mice and locusts, and the hero Hercules of locusts or worms. Two excellent notes give ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1868)
"... which make hii not the sleepless (or imbedded or unmarried) one but the averter and the averter of affliction. ..."

5. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Allan Menzies, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Bernhard Pick (1885)
"... ie, averter, regarding whom Scripture says, " One lot for the LORD, ... ie, the averter."3 In the first book of Kings, also, an evil spirit is said to ..."

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