† affluev.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French affluer; Latin affluere.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French affluer (French †affluer , obsolete after the late 17th cent.) to possess (something) in abundance (1372 in affluer en ), to flock, to congregate (1375; earlier in sense ‘to supply (something)’ (1340)), or its etymon (ii) classical Latin affluere to flow towards, to come flocking < af- , variant of ad- (see af- prefix) + fluere to flow (see fluent adj.). Compare earlier affluence n., affluent adj.

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To flock, to congregate.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > pass in continuous stream > to one place

settle?a1400

afflue1483

conflow1606

pile1925

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > towards each other, converge > of numbers of people

flocka1400

afflue1483

to have concourse1555

concur1577

conflow1606

thwacka1652

pile1925

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccccxxxj/2 So grete nombre of freres affluyng & comyng to parys oute fro alle londes.

1512 R. Copland tr. Helyas in W. J. Thoms Coll. Early Prose Romances (1828) III. 15 All the people afflued from all partes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	afflue
释义	† affluev. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French affluer; Latin affluere. Etymology: < (i) Middle French affluer (French †affluer , obsolete after the late 17th cent.) to possess (something) in abundance (1372 in affluer en ), to flock, to congregate (1375; earlier in sense ‘to supply (something)’ (1340)), or its etymon (ii) classical Latin affluere to flow towards, to come flocking < af- , variant of ad- (see af- prefix) + fluere to flow (see fluent adj.). Compare earlier affluence n., affluent adj. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To flock, to congregate. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > pass in continuous stream > to one place settle?a1400 afflue1483 conflow1606 pile1925 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > towards each other, converge > of numbers of people flocka1400 afflue1483 to have concourse1555 concur1577 conflow1606 thwacka1652 pile1925 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccccxxxj/2 So grete nombre of freres affluyng & comyng to parys oute fro alle londes. 1512 R. Copland tr. Helyas in W. J. Thoms Coll. Early Prose Romances (1828) III. 15 All the people afflued from all partes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.1483
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