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outflowing en · ADJ

Etymology

From out- + flowing.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) flowing out
   • Down over the headland, they came on a rock-strewn space of beach, and from that to the open sand-bar, still glistening from the outflowing tide, that blocked the sea's entrance to the lagoon. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 60:

outflowing en · NOUN

Etymology

From out- + flowing.

Meanings

1. The act of something flowing out.
   • We are accustomed to connect the death of Christ with the outflowings of His mercy[…] 1865, Alexander MacLeod, The judgment books, page 17:

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