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Definition of Refluent
1. a. Flowing back; returning; ebbing.
Definition of Refluent
1. Adjective. flowing back ¹
2. Adjective. ebbing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Refluent
1. flowing back [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Refluent
Literary usage of Refluent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Milton'i refluent, adj. Lat. refluent. Running back ; flowing back. Back to the
fountain's head the sea conveys The refluent rivers, and the land repays. ..."
2. The Poetical Works of Robert Southey by Robert Southey (1845)
"And the refluent tide swept him and his fortune before it Oh that my King, ere
he died, might have seen the fruit of his counsel« I Nay, it Is better thus, ..."
3. Rational Cosmology: Or, The Eternal Principles and the Necessary Laws of the by Laurens Perseus Hickok (1858)
"But as the re-agency goes back it gathers additional resistance in the attempted
refluent wave, and which would perpetually increase in each moment of the ..."
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