"Here Scylla, leftward sits Charybdis fell, / who, yawning thrice, her lowest depths laid bare, / sucks the vast billows in her throat's dark hell, / then starward spouts the refluent surge in air."
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Refluent
//ˈɹɛflu.ənt//
Synonyms for "refluent" (47 found)
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Translations
3 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- оттеглящ се adj (flowing back)
Italian
1 entries- refluo adj (flowing back)
Latin
1 entries- refluus adj (flowing back)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
With a mighty throb of thankfulness and relief she felt the refluent blood stream to her heart once more.
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[…] let them cast it [my soul] downe Where refluent Oceanus doth crowne His curled head;
Source: wiktionary
When the muscles of the heart cease to act, the refluent blood again distends or elongates them;
Source: wiktionary
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