FLU'ENT, adjective [See Fluency. 1. Liquid; flowing. 2. Flowing; passing. Motion being a fluent thing. 3. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as a fluent speaker. 4. Flowing; voluble; smooth; as fluent speech. FLU'ENT, noun 1. A stream; a current of water. [Little used.] 2. The variable or flowing quantity in fluxions.
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