Middle English Dictionary Entry
conflūence n.
Entry Info
| Forms | conflūence n. |
| Etymology | OF, & L confluentia. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A flood (of tears); (b) a streaming or flocking together (of people); maken, taken ~ to, to stream to (a place); (c) a gathering or crowd.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)293/15 : Men mot hafe folowd hur steppis be þe confluens of þe teris of hur een þat fell down on þe payment.
b
- (1454) Proc.Privy C.6.336 : Our high court of Parlement, to þe which..confluence is not oonly of al maner personages of our obeisaunce but also of many a straunger.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.65 : The serpentes take theire confluence to hyt on euery syde.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.191 : Athenas..to whiche cite grete multitude of peple made confluence for cause of erudicion.
c
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.50/8 : The neyghborys were gaderyd all abowte and grete confluence of peple, for the novelte of suche a dede.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)6432 : Whan þe tyme come was..That þis sacryfyse shuld be do, Greth confluence of peple cam þer-to.