Pronunciations
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/ˈɹɛflu.ənt/
Adjective
Flowing back.
Usage- Literary
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- Examples
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[…] let them cast it [my soul] downe Where refluent Oceanus doth crowne His curled head;
When the muscles of the heart cease to act, the refluent blood again distends or elongates them;
More examples (2)
[…] in haste the refluent ocean Fled away from the shore, and left the line of the sand-beach Covered with waifs of the tide, with kelp and the slippery sea-weed.
now floods back refluent like a tide, the red, thick stream of life again