单词 | influx |
释义 | influxn. 1. a. The act or fact of flowing in; an inflow, as of a physical fluid, water, air, light, heat, spiritual or immaterial influence into the soul, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > infusion shedding1398 influencec1430 infusionc1450 inflowing1530 infounding1532 afflation1576 influxion1605 influx1626 information1630 inspiration1651 overshadowing1665 influct1675 bedewmenta1680 inflow1848 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [noun] > action or process of flowing > in inflowing1530 influence1546 influx1626 inflow1848 inrun1875 inset1875 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum x. Introd. Whether there be..any such Transmission and Influx of Immateriate Vertues. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 143 God did command the use of such anointing oil..that by it the person anointed might be made fit to receive the divine influx. 1691 R. Boyle Small Coll. Strange Rep. i. viii. 24 in Experimenta & Observationes Physicæ When the great Spring-Tydes come roaring over those Shoals..the first Influx is Irresistible, by such Vessels as use that Port. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 19 The Heart of it self is like a Muscle, and contracts its Fibres by the Influx of Animal Spirits. 1823 J. Rutter Delineations of Fonthill 34 The lofty windows to the west admit a strong influx of light. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 89 God..has removed all hindrance to the influx of His grace. b. The flowing of a river or stream into another river, a lake, or the sea; the point at which this takes place, the mouth of a river. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > mouth or outfall mouthlOE issue1423 firthc1425 estuary15.. fall1511 port1555 inset1559 water mouth1574 open1582 emboguing1603 ostium1611 inver1615 outfall1629 ostiary1646 influx1652 disclosure1660 discharge1688 waterfoot1730 outflux1739 embouchure1792 sortie1809 beal1819 debouchure1832 salting-place1842 embouchement1844 debouchment1859 ria1887 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. ii. sig. Oooo4v Rivers..a mile and an half broad at the mouth or influx. 1675 J. Ogilby Britannia 20 The Kennet, near its Influx into the Thames. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer Torksey, near the influx of the Fesdyke into the Trent. 1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) I. i. i. 33 From Wallingford, a little below the influx of the Thame, the river flows almost due south. 2. transferred. The flowing or continuous ingression of persons or things into some place or sphere. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > continuous or copious inrolling?1548 influxion1605 trolling1614 influx1652 succession1692 inpouring1721 inflow1848 inflooding1855 instreaming1876 inpour1885 1652 F. Kirkman tr. A. Du Périer Loves Clerio & Lozia 77 There were railes round about to hinder the influx of unruly people. 1771 S. Johnson Falkland's Islands 3 The Spaniards, who..discovered America..surprised and terrified Europe by a sudden and unexampled influx of riches. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 8 A people..who..suffered no dilution of their zeal from the gradual influx of new opinions. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. xxi. §1. 158 Imported commodities have possibly risen in price, from the influx of money into foreign countries. 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue vii. 353 The influx of Greek, and its adoption into scientific terminology. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xlviii. 234 The influx of settlers from the Slave States. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence influencec1374 influinga1618 influx1626 influxiona1641 influency1651 rulership1904 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §907 Not by Formes, or Celestiall Influxes (as is vainly taught and received), but by the Primitiue Nature of Matter, and the Seeds of Things. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell vi. 81 That dominion, which the Starres have over the sensuall appetite, which together with the Will, are..incited..by their influxes. 1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples i. 106 He escap'd the influxes of Heaven, and advanc'd himself in despight of the malignant stars. ΚΠ 1644 P. Hunton Vindic. Treat. Monarchy v. 39 Have not the Houses an Authoritative Concurrence and Influx into that businesse? 1649 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1650) i. Ded. The nature of the Divine Influx on the Will in the working of Grace. 1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xxxviii. 251 By great heats and droughts..though those two do not so much concern Sea-fish,..yet they have a great influx upon Rivers, Ponds and Lakes. 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Rom. ix. 18 God did not harden Pharaoh's Heart by any positive Act or Influx upon it, by infusing any Evil into it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1626 |
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