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Webster 1913 Edition

(-ent)

Adj.

[L.

refluens

, p. pr. of

refluere

to flow back; pref.

re-

re- +

fluere

to flow. See

Flowing back; returning; ebbing.

Cowper.

And

refluent

through the pass of fear
The battle’s tide was poured.

Sir W. Scott.

Adj.

[L. refluens; re and fluo.]

Flowing back; ebbing; as the refluent tide.

Flowing back; returning, as a fluid; as refluent blood.