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Webster 1913 Edition


Conflux

Con′flux

,
Noun.
[From L.
confluxus
, p. p. See
Confluent
.]
1.
A flowing together; a meeting of currents.
“The conflux of meeting sap.”
Shak.
The general
conflux
and concourse of the whole people.
Clarendon.
2.
A large assemblage; a passing multitude.
To the gates cast round thine eye, and see
What
conflux
issuing forth, or entering in.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Conflux

CONFLUX

,
Noun.
[L. See Confluence.]
1.
A flowing together; a meeting of two or more currents of a fluid.
2.
A collection; a crowd; a multitude collected; as a general conflux of people.