Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An influx or flowing in; inflow; infusion; intromission.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A flowing in; infusion.
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- noun A
flowing in;infusion .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We do not support your plan for an “influxion” of troops.
Think Progress » Bush: I’m Sending More Troops To Iraq No Matter What Congress Does 2007
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But the divination which springeth from the internal nature of the soul is that which we now speak of; which hath been made to be of two sorts, primitive and by influxion.
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By influxion, is grounded upon the conceit that the mind, as a mirror or glass, should take illumination from the foreknowledge of God and spirits: unto which the same regiment doth likewise conduce.
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By influxion, is grounded upon the conceit that the mind, as a mirror or glass, should take illumination from the foreknowledge of God and spirits: unto which the same regiment doth likewise conduce.
The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593
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But the divination which springeth from the internal nature of the soul is that which we now speak of; which hath been made to be of two sorts, primitive and by influxion.
The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593
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