refluent

[ref-loo-uh nt, ruh-floo-]

adjective

flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.

Origin of refluent

1690–1700; < Latin refluent- (stem of refluēns), present participle of refluere to flow back. See re-, fluent

Related formsref·lu·ence, noun

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Historical Examples of refluent

And the history of each year's bloom was an example of this refluent balance.
Euripedes and His Age
Gilbert Murray
The invasion was beginning again, but with a refluent movement.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Vicente Blasco Ibanez
And he did live to behold the first swelling of the refluent wave.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
American Anti-Slavery Society
All the material had been carried out to sea by the refluent wave.
Among the Forces
Henry 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

British Dictionary definitions for refluent

refluent

adjective

rare flowing back; ebbing

Derived Formsrefluence, noun

Word Origin for refluent

C18: from Latin refluere to flow back

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