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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Affluent

Ăf'flu-ent, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. affluent, Lat. affluens.]

  1. Flowing to. “Affluent blood.” Harvey.
  2. Wealthy; abounding in goods or riches; abundant. Junius.

Loaded and blest with all the affluent store, Which human vows at smoking shrines implore. Prior.

Ăf'flu-ent, n.

noun

n. A stream flowing into a river or lake, and the like. McCulloch.