refluent
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of refluent
1690–1700; < Latin refluent- (stem of refluēns ), present participle of refluere to flow back. See re-, fluent
Example Sentences
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Oh, look! the sea is fallen asleep, The sail hangs idle evermore; Yet refluent from the outer deep The low wave sobs upon the shore.
From Nature Mysticism by John Edward Mercer
The mighty host, like ocean waves, swept across the plain, when suddenly it was encountered by one of the fresh squares, and in refluent surges rolled back in frightful disorder.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by
So baffled he that wave; but yet again The refluent flood rush’d on him, and with force Resistless dash’d him far into the sea.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
We know some barrier checks their wonted course, When refluent waters seek again their source.
From The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa by Kalidasa
She heard, And daylight ebbed before her eyes to faint White mist, then refluent turned and smote Her heart's eyes with the horror of the truth.
From The Rose of Dawn A Tale of the South Sea by John La Farge
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