(1):
(a.) Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.
(2):
(a.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.
(3):
(a.) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox.
(4):
(n.) The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc.
(5):
(a.) Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.
(6):
(n.) A small steam which flows into a large one.