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Confluence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams of water, or other fluid; also, the place of meeting; as the confluence of the Tigris and the Frat, or of the Ohio and Mississippi.

2. The running together of people; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; a crowd; a concourse; the latter word is more generally used.

3. A collection; meeting; assemblage.

Confluence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.

2. Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.