1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change. By the perpetual _____ of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body. Arbuthnot. Her image has escaped the _____ of things, And that same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore. Trench. Languages, like our bodies, are in a con...