CONFLUENTS

Noun

confluents

plural of confluent

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• consentful

Source: Wiktionary

CONFLUENT

Con"flu*ent, a. [L. confluens, -entis, p. pr. of confluere, -fluxum; con- + fluere to flow. See Fluent.]

1. Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.

These confluent steams make some great river's head. Blackmore.

2. (Bot.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.

3. (Med.) (a) Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules. (b) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox. Dunglison.

Con"flu*ent, n.

1. A small steam which flows into a large one.

2. The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc. [Obs.] Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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