refluent

• The joy of others flow'd O'er his glad spirit like a refluent tide Whose sands were gold. —  Man of Uz, and Other Poems
• He was conscious yesterday morning, however, for a little while, and wanted to know what his chances were They were neither good nor many; the strength once so formidable was ebbing away like a refluent tide, and that with ominous swiftness. —  A Man's Woman
• At first the room looked unfamiliar to him, then his own daily life no longer seemed recognizable, and, finally, all of a sudden, it was the whole world, all the existing order of things, that appeared to draw off like a refluent tide, leaving him alone, abandoned, cast upon some fearful, mysterious shore Nothing seemed worth while; all the thousand little trivial things that made up the course of his life and in which he found diversion and amusement palled upon him. —  Vandover and the Brute
• And refluent, etc. The MS. reads And refluent down the darksome pass The battle's tide was poured There toiled the spearman's struggling spear There raged the mountain sword 488. —  The Lady of the Lake
• In a fast embrace He holds it, wrestling with the greedy sea, And deftly watching for a refluent wave Gains help to bring his burden to the land. —  Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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