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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Confluent

Cŏn'flu-ent, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. confluens, p. pr. of confluere, from con and fluere, fluxum, to flow.]

Sense 1. Flowing together; meeting in a common current or basin; running one into another.

These confluent streams make some great river’s head. Blackmore.

Sense 2. Affluent. [Rare.] Chapman.

Sense 3. (Bot.) United at the base; growing in tufts; running into each other; as, confluent lobes. Martyn.

Sense 4. (Med.) Running together; blending; uniting; — said of pimples or pustules in eruptive diseases; as, confluent small-pox. Dunglison.

Cŏn'flu-ent, n.

noun

n. 1. A small stream which flows into a large one. 2. The place of meeting or confluence of streams, &c. The confluent where both streams meet together. Holland.