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refluence

UK/'refluəns/US/'refluәns/

Definitions

n.

A flowing back; a backward movement of liquid

倒流,逆流,退潮

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
re-again, back
+
fluflow; pour
+
-enceto put into, to cause
=refluence

re- (back) + flu (flow) + -ence = 'a flowing back.' Rare and literary, used mainly of tides.

Root flu still carries 61 more words

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The poet wrote of the slow refluence of the evening tide.

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