v. Obs. [a. Fr. afflue-r (14th c. Littré) f. L. afflu-ĕre to flow towards, f. af- = ad- to + fluĕre to flow.] To flow towards; to flock, to congregate.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 431/2. So grete nombre of freres affluyng or comyng to parys oute fro alle londes.
a. 1521. Helyas, in E. E. Pr. Rom. (1858), III. 29. All the people afflued from all partes.
