- (n.) The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc.
- (a.) Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.
- (a.) Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.
- (a.) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox.
- (n.) A small steam which flows into a large one.
- (a.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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