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contribuent|kənˈtrɪb(j)uːənt|
[ad. L. contribuent-em, pr. pple. of contribuĕre to contribute.]
One who or that which contributes; a contributing factor or person.
a1866J. Grote Moral Ideals (1876) xiv. 341 The love of excelling or of excellence, how large a contribuent to virtue that was. 1878S. H. Hodgson Philos. Reflection I. 206 This is also a powerful contribuent. 1914W. De Morgan When Ghost meets Ghost i. xxix. 345 Talk went on, stiffly, each of its contribuents execrating its stiffness, but seeing no way to relaxation. |