refluent

American  

[ref-loo-uhnt, ruh-floo-] / ˈrɛf lu ənt, rəˈflu- /

adjective

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

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refluent British  

/ ˈrɛflʊənt /

adjective

1. rare flowing back; ebbing

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Other Word Forms

• refluence noun

Etymology

Origin of refluent

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

Example Sentences

And the history of each year's bloom was an example of this refluent balance.

From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert

Companies of cavalry were drawn up in line across the road, with drawn sabers, but all was not sufficient to stop the refluent tide of fugitives.

From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by Edmonds, S. Emma E.

They mark the steadiness with which through century after century, in spite of refluent waves, the tide of mercy rises, and still rises on the shores of earth.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

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 La Farge, John

Thus she spoke; and Vulcan extinguished his glowing fire, and the refluent water immediately lowered its fair streams.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois