confluence

[Lat. confluent i a, from confluo =to flow together: con cum =with, together, and fluo to flow.] IMG:content-0566.png:[blocks in formation] B. As substantive: *1. The place or spot where two or more streams unite. pa ing over the river Anio, encamped neere the confluent, where both streames meet together."- Hol . land: Liv ., p. 21. 2. One of two or more streams which unite or flow together; a tributary. con-flux, s. [Lat. confluxio, from confluo.] I. Lit.: A flowing together or uniting of two or more streams. "Grow in the veins of actions highest rear'd, As knots, by the conflux of meeting sap." II. Figuratively : Shakesp.: Troil, and Cre ., i. 3. 1. A flowing or flocking together of persons; a concourse, a confluence. "He quickly, by the general conflux and concourse of the whole people, straightened his quarters."-Clarendon. 2. A meeting or a emblage of people; a crowd, a multitude. "To the gates cast round thine eye, and see What conflux i uing forth, or ent'ring in." 3. A concurrence or union. Milton. P. R., iv.