confluencen.

/ˈkɒnfluːəns/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s confluens, 1500s conflewence.

Etymology: < (late) Latin confluentia flowing together, conflux, < confluĕre to flow together: see confluent n. and -ence suffix. Compare French confluence (15th cent. in Godefroy).

a. A flowing together; the junction and union of two or more streams or moving fluids.

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the world > space > relative position > inclination > state or quality of being convergent > [noun] > point of convergence

confluity1623

cone1705

meeting-point1818

conflux1826

confluence1828

nodal point1862

meeting-place1897

node1902

node point1957

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 12 A litle a this side the Bridge over the Ise at Abbingdon is a Confluence of 2. Armes..And at this Confluence self in the very Mouth is a very fair Bridge of 7. Arches.

1692 R. Bentley Confut. Atheism from Struct. & Origin Humane Bodies: Pt. II 17 In the..veins..innumerable little Rivulets have their confluence into the Great Vein.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 366 The larger..rivers proceed..from a confluence of brooks and rivulets.

1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide 30 The residence was upon an island, formed by the confluence of two rivers.

b. figurative and transferred.

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1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A2 On that side was disimboyned into her veynes by a confluence of blood, the very abstract of all the greatest houses in Christendome.

1848 H. Hallam Suppl. Notes View Europe Middle Ages 15 The Roman fraud and perfidy mingled, in baleful confluence, with the ferocity and violence of the Frank.

c. Applied to the running or flowing together of word-forms originally distinct.

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1887 W. W. Skeat Princ. Eng. Etymol. 1st Ser. §385 Confluence of forms. I use the word confluence advisedly, for it would seem that there is a real tendency..for different words to flow as it were together.

a. The place where two or more rivers, etc., unite.

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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > place where rivers meet

confluencea1552

confluent1600

confluity1623

conflux1712

watersmeet1828

sangam1857

a1552 [see sense 1a].

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 93 The old Seleucia seated neer the confluence of Euphrates and Tygris.

1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 111 The Green was..situate at a confluence of shady lanes.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany viii. 112 Built upon the confluence of the rivers.

†b. Hence, formerly, the proper name of many towns; esp. in English, of the city at the junction of the Moselle with the Rhine, Koblentz, Latin Confluentes.

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1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxiij The residue of the states imperial assembled at Eslinge, do mislyke the doinges of them that were at confluence.

1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 3, in 2nd Pt. Herball Allthough Confluence be a good citye.

3. A body of waters produced by the union of several streams; a large body of water, or other fluid, flowing together; a combined flood.

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the world > the earth > water > body of water > moving water > [noun]

quicka1300

backwatera1387

main flood?1556

main tide1605

confluence1615

swash1671

flow1802

sweep1816

water slide1824

slide1869

run-off1915

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 257 The further he wadeth in this Riuer, the greater confluence of waters wil ouertake him.

1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices Introd. It runnes in a contrary course, and is the confluence of other waters.

1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 20 To drinke from the mixt confluence of so many corrupt, and poysonous waters.

1745 E. Young Consolation 39 O what a Confluence of ethereal Fires, From Urns un-number'd, down the Steep of Heav'n, Streams to a Point, and centres in my Sight?

4. The running or flocking together of persons; ‘the act of crowding to a place’ (Johnson); concourse.

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society > travel > [noun] > passage in a continuous stream > to one place

confluence?a1475

affluence1579

afflux1603

conflux1614

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence > of numbers of people

concoursec1384

repairc1390

confluence?a1475

resort1485

recourse1516

concursion1533

affluence1579

afflux1603

conflux1614

concurrence1632

flocking1669

run1792

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 191 To whiche cite grete multitude of peple made confluence for cause of erudicion.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 65 Then the Serpentes take theire confluence to hyt on euery syde.

1533 T. More Apol. xxxv, in Wks. 900/2 Sythe vnto this diocise there is so great resorte and confluence.

1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 68 The places to which there is the most general confluence of young gentlemen.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 147. ⁋5 I was long withheld by the perpetual confluence of visitants.

1847 Ld. Cockburn Jrnl. 18 May (1874) II. xiv. 177 The approach and confluence of about 420 Dissenting clergymen.

5. A numerous concourse or assemblage (of people); ‘a multitude crowded into one place’ (Johnson).

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered > large or numerous

weredc725

herec855

heap971

trumec1380

multitudea1382

herda1400

swarm1423

confluence1447

puissance?a1475

army?1518

multitudine1547

bike1554

conflux1702

snarl1775

rallya1794

populace1823

hive1834

skreeda1838

skit1913

rort1941

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 186 Gret confluence of peple cam ther to.

1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 13 Amongst that mightie confluence of men.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 42 You see this confluence, this great flood of visitors.

1729 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 452 I lie in the neighbourhood of the city..and we have confluences and multitudes.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. ix. 239 The vast confluence of people..forced their way to witness the magnificence.

6. Of things:

a. The action of flowing or coming together, of meeting or collecting in one place.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence

concourse1398

recountera1470

congress1578

concurrency1597

flocking1604

confluence1606

contraction1610

congression1611

closing1625

conflux1655

coition1656

concurrencea1661

convolation1676

concursion1692

convergence1713

convergency1794

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 92 In this confluence of so many prosperous successes.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 55 The Homœomeric body was one in which a confluence of like particles had taken place.

b. A numerous collection or assemblage, a large quantity gathered from various quarters.

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > from various quarters

confluence1654

conflux1655

1654 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra i. 3 He is sure of a confluence of all comforts.

1682 T. Ken Serm. at Funeral of Lady Mainard 16 Grace is a confluence of all Attractives.

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) ii. 117 There is no other country in the world which could exhibit the same confluence of associations.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	confluence
释义	confluencen. /ˈkɒnfluːəns/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s confluens, 1500s conflewence. Etymology: < (late) Latin confluentia flowing together, conflux, < confluĕre to flow together: see confluent n. and -ence suffix. Compare French confluence (15th cent. in Godefroy). 1. a. A flowing together; the junction and union of two or more streams or moving fluids. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > state or quality of being convergent > [noun] > point of convergence confluity1623 cone1705 meeting-point1818 conflux1826 confluence1828 nodal point1862 meeting-place1897 node1902 node point1957 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 12 A litle a this side the Bridge over the Ise at Abbingdon is a Confluence of 2. Armes..And at this Confluence self in the very Mouth is a very fair Bridge of 7. Arches. 1692 R. Bentley Confut. Atheism from Struct. & Origin Humane Bodies: Pt. II 17 In the..veins..innumerable little Rivulets have their confluence into the Great Vein. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 366 The larger..rivers proceed..from a confluence of brooks and rivulets. 1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide 30 The residence was upon an island, formed by the confluence of two rivers. b. figurative and transferred. ΚΠ 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A2 On that side was disimboyned into her veynes by a confluence of blood, the very abstract of all the greatest houses in Christendome. 1848 H. Hallam Suppl. Notes View Europe Middle Ages 15 The Roman fraud and perfidy mingled, in baleful confluence, with the ferocity and violence of the Frank. c. Applied to the running or flowing together of word-forms originally distinct. ΚΠ 1887 W. W. Skeat Princ. Eng. Etymol. 1st Ser. §385 Confluence of forms. I use the word confluence advisedly, for it would seem that there is a real tendency..for different words to flow as it were together. 2. a. The place where two or more rivers, etc., unite. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > place where rivers meet confluencea1552 confluent1600 confluity1623 conflux1712 watersmeet1828 sangam1857 a1552 [see sense 1a]. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 93 The old Seleucia seated neer the confluence of Euphrates and Tygris. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 111 The Green was..situate at a confluence of shady lanes. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany viii. 112 Built upon the confluence of the rivers. †b. Hence, formerly, the proper name of many towns; esp. in English, of the city at the junction of the Moselle with the Rhine, Koblentz, Latin Confluentes. ΚΠ 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxiij The residue of the states imperial assembled at Eslinge, do mislyke the doinges of them that were at confluence. 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 3, in 2nd Pt. Herball Allthough Confluence be a good citye. 3. A body of waters produced by the union of several streams; a large body of water, or other fluid, flowing together; a combined flood. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > moving water > [noun] quicka1300 backwatera1387 main flood?1556 main tide1605 confluence1615 swash1671 flow1802 sweep1816 water slide1824 slide1869 run-off1915 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 257 The further he wadeth in this Riuer, the greater confluence of waters wil ouertake him. 1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices Introd. It runnes in a contrary course, and is the confluence of other waters. 1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 20 To drinke from the mixt confluence of so many corrupt, and poysonous waters. 1745 E. Young Consolation 39 O what a Confluence of ethereal Fires, From Urns un-number'd, down the Steep of Heav'n, Streams to a Point, and centres in my Sight? 4. The running or flocking together of persons; ‘the act of crowding to a place’ (Johnson); concourse. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > passage in a continuous stream > to one place confluence?a1475 affluence1579 afflux1603 conflux1614 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence > of numbers of people concoursec1384 repairc1390 confluence?a1475 resort1485 recourse1516 concursion1533 affluence1579 afflux1603 conflux1614 concurrence1632 flocking1669 run1792 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 191 To whiche cite grete multitude of peple made confluence for cause of erudicion. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 65 Then the Serpentes take theire confluence to hyt on euery syde. 1533 T. More Apol. xxxv, in Wks. 900/2 Sythe vnto this diocise there is so great resorte and confluence. 1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 68 The places to which there is the most general confluence of young gentlemen. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 147. ⁋5 I was long withheld by the perpetual confluence of visitants. 1847 Ld. Cockburn Jrnl. 18 May (1874) II. xiv. 177 The approach and confluence of about 420 Dissenting clergymen. 5. A numerous concourse or assemblage (of people); ‘a multitude crowded into one place’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered > large or numerous weredc725 herec855 heap971 trumec1380 multitudea1382 herda1400 swarm1423 confluence1447 puissance?a1475 army?1518 multitudine1547 bike1554 conflux1702 snarl1775 rallya1794 populace1823 hive1834 skreeda1838 skit1913 rort1941 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 186 Gret confluence of peple cam ther to. 1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 13 Amongst that mightie confluence of men. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 42 You see this confluence, this great flood of visitors. View more context for this quotation 1729 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 452 I lie in the neighbourhood of the city..and we have confluences and multitudes. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. ix. 239 The vast confluence of people..forced their way to witness the magnificence. 6. Of things: a. The action of flowing or coming together, of meeting or collecting in one place. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence concourse1398 recountera1470 congress1578 concurrency1597 flocking1604 confluence1606 contraction1610 congression1611 closing1625 conflux1655 coition1656 concurrencea1661 convolation1676 concursion1692 convergence1713 convergency1794 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 92 In this confluence of so many prosperous successes. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 55 The Homœomeric body was one in which a confluence of like particles had taken place. b. A numerous collection or assemblage, a large quantity gathered from various quarters. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > from various quarters confluence1654 conflux1655 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra i. 3 He is sure of a confluence of all comforts. 1682 T. Ken Serm. at Funeral of Lady Mainard 16 Grace is a confluence of all Attractives. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) ii. 117 There is no other country in the world which could exhibit the same confluence of associations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † confluencev. Etymology: < confluence n.: compare influence. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To crowd, to furnish with a confluence of (people). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > crowd stuff1571 throng1578 impester1601 thrust1615 throng1637 confluence1656 frequent1667 crowd1695 1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 66 Publike Pulpits..confluenc'd with people, as is Cheapside Cross, or the Exchange. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1447v.1656
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confluencen.

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