Af"flu*ent (#), a. [Cf. F. affluent, L. affluens, -entis, p. pr. See Affluence.]
1.
Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
"
Affluent blood."
Harvey.
2.
Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.
Language . . . affluent in expression.
H. Reed.
Loaded and blest with all the affluent store,
Which human vows at smoking shrines implore.
Prior.
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Af"flu*ent, n.
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.
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