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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Confluence

/kän'-flo͞o-əns/ · Con·flu·ence · IPA /ˈkɑnˌflu.əns/
01 n. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.
  1. 1.
    The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.
    “New York stood at the confluence of two rivers.” Bancroft.
  2. 2.
    Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.
    “You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors.” Shak.
    The confluence . . . of all true joys.” Boyle.