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▪ I. inflow, n.|ˈɪnfləʊ|
[f. in adv. 11 d + flow n.1]
The action or fact of flowing in; that which flows in; = influx. lit. and fig.
1839Bailey Festus xix. (1852) 292 In the belief that through them came Vast spiritual inflow. 1865Cornh. Mag. Aug. 182 A door is opened..to the inflow of much solid gain. 1865Reader 11 Feb. 161/3 The extraordinary inflow of Europeans, Americans and Chinese. 1875Lyell Princ. Geol. I. ii. xx. 498 In the depths of the Straits..it is less interfered with..by the surface inflow. 1881P. Brooks Candle of Lord 225 Tell me..the real nature of your friend's influence, the inflow of his life on yours. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 746 The blood must be maintained at a normal standard by a regular inflow of nutritive material.
attrib.1890Anthony's Photogr. Bull. III. 390 Securely tying the rubber pipe..to the reservoir inflow pipe.
▪ II. inflow, v.|ɪnˈfləʊ|
[f. in-1 + flow v.]
†1. intr. Astrol. To flow in; to exert astral influence; = influe v. Obs.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 93 Either the stars doe inflow and imprest..or not. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1602) 150 The vertue of such and such a star..they hold to be propitious, in-flowing into the life and death of men.
2. To flow in.
1882H. S. Holland Logic & Life (1885) 204 The forces set loose by that Divine affection unceasingly inflow, inrush, invigorate.
†3. trans. To cause to flow in. Obs.
1651Hobbes Leviath. (1839) 70 What is the meaning of these words, The first cause does not necessarily inflow any thing into the second.
Hence † ˈinflowed ppl. a., that has flowed in.
1676Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. i. iii. 16 Either of these [prescriptions]..will..dry up the inflowed Humour. |