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Definition of Inflicter
1. n. One who inflicts.
Definition of Inflicter
1. Noun. One who inflicts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inflicter
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inflicter
Literary usage of Inflicter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1865)
"For the first, that God himself is the immediate inflicter, &c. ... Of an avenger,
a party injured and provoked, and, as sueh, the inflicter. ..."
2. Intellect, the Emotions, and the Moral Nature by William Lyall (1855)
"Still, in anger and resentment as distinct from indignation, there is more regard
to the injury inflicted than to the inflicter; the mind dwells upon the ..."
3. Leviathan ; Or, The Matter, Forme & Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall by Thomas Hobbes, Alfred Rayney Waller (1904)
"For if upon the Infliction of a Punishment death follow not in the intention of
the inflicter, the Punishment is not to bee esteemed ..."
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