† aˈfflue, 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 Prose Rom. (1858) III. 29 All the people afflued from all partes. |