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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
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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