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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

affluent

, L.

affluens

-entis

, p. pr. See

Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

“Affluent blood.”

Harvey.

Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.

Language . . .

affluent

in expression.

H. Reed.

Loaded and blest with all the

affluent

store,
Which human vows at smoking shrines implore.

Prior.

Noun.

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

Adj.

Flowing to; more generally, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches; abundant.