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Webster 1913 Edition


Profluence

Prof′lu-ence

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Noun.
[L.
profluentia
.]
Quality of being profluent; course.
[R.]
Sir H. Wotton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Profluence

PROF'LUENCE

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Noun.
[L. profluens, profluo; pro and fluo, to flow.]
A progress or course. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


profluence

profluence

English

Noun

profluence (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Onward flow; current.
  2. (rare) The progression or flow (of time, events etc.).
    • 1981: ‘They're mindless – even the best of them! – all bullying, no intelligence, no moral profluence, ergo no real history!’ — John Gardner, Freddy's Book (Abacus 1982, p. 26)