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- noun Plural form of
inflamer .
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Examples
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_Spectator_ writes: "I shall also advise my fair readers to be in a particular manner careful how they meddle with romances, chocolates, novels, and the like inflamers, which I look upon as very dangerous to be made use of during this great carnival" (the month of May).
The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa Brandon Head
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Gracchi and Saturnini, inflamers of the people; and hence Drusus vying, on behalf of the Senate, in popular concessions with these inflamers; and hence the corrupt promises made to our Italian allies, promises deceitfully made, or, by the interposition of some Tribune, defeated.
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Let not the Conclusion be, to imimidate the inflamers of popular Passions.
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 February 1794 1794
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Another topic of great use to these weekly inflamers, is the young
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Jonathan Swift 1706
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