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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REFLUENT

a.[L. refluens; re and fluo. ] 1. Flowing back; ebbing; as the refluent tide.
2. Flowing back; returning, as a fluid; as refluent blood.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REFLUENT

Ref "lu *ent (-ent ), a. Etym: [L. refluens, p. pr. of refluere to flow back; pref. re- re- + fluere to flow. See Flurent.]

Defn: Flowing back; returning; ebbing. Cowper. And refluent through the pass of fear The battle's tide was poured. Sir W. Scott.

New American Oxford Dictionary

refluent

ref lu ent |ˈrefˌlo͞oənt, refˈlo͞o -ˈrɛfluənt | ▶adjective literary flowing back; ebbing: the refluent waters of the Mississippi. DERIVATIVES re flu ence noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin refluent- ‘flowing back, ’ from the verb refluere, from re- ‘back ’ + fluere ‘to flow. ’

Oxford Dictionary

refluent

refluent |ˈrɛflʊənt | ▶adjective literary flowing back; ebbing: the refluent waters of the Mississippi. DERIVATIVES refluence noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin refluent- ‘flowing back ’, from the verb refluere, from re- ‘back ’ + fluere ‘to flow ’.