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Affluent

1. Flowing to; flowing abundantly. Affluent blood.

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)

Origin: cf. F. Affluent, L. Affluens, -entis, p. Pr. See Affluence.


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