Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON'FLUENCE, n. [L. confluentia; from confluo; con and fluo, to flow. See Flow.]

1. A flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams of water, or other fluid; also, the place of meeting; as the confluence of the Tigris and the Frat, or of the Ohio and Mississippi.
2. The running together of people; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; a crowd; a concourse; the latter word is more generally used. – Temple. Shak.
3. A collection; meeting; assemblage. – Boyle.