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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There feeling the tremendous refluent wave, she went careening over toward the sunken reef.
From Down the Columbia by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman
Inside the extensive enclosure the multitude divided itself into streams, ponds, eddies, refluent currents and noisy whirlpools of people.
From Hoosier Mosaics by Maurice Thompson
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
And refluent through the pass of fear The battle's tide was poured; 485 Vanished the Saxon's struggling spear, Vanished the mountain-sword.
From Lady of the Lake by William Vaughn Moody
The ocean at the plunge Of such a weight, high on its refluent flood Tumultuous, heaved the bark well nigh to land.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
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