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Webster 1913 Edition
Confluence
Con′flu-ence
,Noun.
[L.
confluentia
.] 1.
The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.
New York stood at the
confluence
of two rivers. Bancroft.
2.
Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.
You see this
confluence
, this great flood of vistors. Shakespeare
The confluence
. . . of all true joys. Boyle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Confluence
CONFLUENCE
,Noun.
1.
A flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams of water, or other fluid; also, the place of meeting; as the confluence of the Tigris and the Frat, or of the Ohio and Mississippi.2.
The running together of people; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; a crowd; a concourse; the latter word is more generally used.3.
A collection; meeting; assemblage.