Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flowing to or toward; an afflux or accession.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of flowing towards; afflux.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
flowing towards;afflux .
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Examples
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Was it then a necessary thing, that decomposition of the great cities which have governed the world, that affluxion of every passion, every desire, every gratification, that accumulation of reeking soil from all parts of the world, there where, in beauty and intelligence, blooms the flower of civilisation?
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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Was it then a necessary thing, that decomposition of the great cities which have governed the world, that affluxion of every passion, every desire, every gratification, that accumulation of reeking soil from all parts of the world, there where, in beauty and intelligence, blooms the flower of civilisation?
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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Was it then a necessary thing, that decomposition of the great cities which have governed the world, that affluxion of every passion, every desire, every gratification, that accumulation of reeking soil from all parts of the world, there where, in beauty and intelligence, blooms the flower of civilisation?
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 1 ��mile Zola 1871
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