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refluences

refluences is the plural of refluence.

Meaning of refluence

Noun

refluence (countable and uncountable, plural refluences)

  1. The state or quality of being refluent, of flowing back.
  2. A flowing back.
    • Scared by the faith they feigned, each priestly slave
      Knelt for his mercy whom they served with blood,
      And, like the refluence of a mighty wave
      Sucked into the loud sea, the multitude
      With crushing panic, fled in terror’s altered mood.1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC...

Questions about refluences

What is refluences the plural of?
Refluences is the plural of refluence.

Words near refluences in the dictionary

  1. refluctuates
  2. refluctuating
  3. refluctuation
  4. refluctuations
  5. refluence
  6. refluences
  7. refluency
  8. refluent
  9. refluff
  10. refluffed
  11. refluffing

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