| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·flu·ent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n fl - nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Flowing together; blended into one. 2. Pathology Merging or running together so as to form a mass, as sores in a rash. | | NOUN: | 1. One of two or more confluent streams. 2. A tributary. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin c nflu ns, cnfluent-, present participle of cnfluere, to flow together : com-, com- + fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Appendix I.
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