Af"flu*ent, n. A stream or river flowing
into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.
Af"flu*ent (?), a. [Cf. F. affluent,
L. affluens, -entis, p. pr. See Affluence.]
1. Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
"Affluent blood." Harvey.
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.