refluent
[ref-loo-uh nt, ruh-floo-]
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adjective
flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.
Origin of refluent
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And the history of each year's bloom was an example of this refluent balance.
Euripedes and His AgeGilbert Murray
The invasion was beginning again, but with a refluent movement.
The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseVicente Blasco Ibanez
And he did live to behold the first swelling of the refluent wave.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, OmnibusAmerican Anti-Slavery Society
All the material had been carried out to sea by the refluent wave.
Among the ForcesHenry White Warren
But one word—an old monosyllable of comfort—is borne on the refluent billow, "O my God!"
The Hart and the Water-Brooks;John R. Macduff
refluent
adjective
Word Origin for refluent
C18: from Latin refluere to flow back
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