What does refluent mean?
Refluent means (now literary) Flowing back..
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/ˈɹɛflu.ənt/ · adjective
(now literary) Flowing back..
[…] 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;
[…] 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
Use refluent when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Refluent means (now literary) Flowing back..
Common synonyms include ebbing.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] let them cast it [my soul] downe Where refluent Oceanus doth crowne His curled head;
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