† contributaryadj.n.
/kənˈtrɪbjuːtəri/ Obsolete.
A. adj.
1. That contributes or is liable to contribute; †paying tribute, tributary.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tribute > [adjective] > paying tribute
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tributoryc1460
contributory1548
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [adjective] > liable to pay
contributory1491
contributary1596
contributable1611
c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Harl.) 686 Iulius þe conquerour That wan al thoccident by land and see..And vnto Rome made hem contributarie [6-text tributarie].
1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 29 Who so euere be ocupyere of my hefd place to be contributarye therto what so euer it coste.
1560 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 278 Every man..shall become contrybutary to an hird yn Port Meade.
1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 393 The landes contributarie to the repaire thereof.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. liv. 152 Kings having been occasioned to leavy war of their own accord..could neither compell the persons of his subjects or their estates to be contributory.
2. Contributing anything to a common stock; having part in a common result.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [adjective]
contributary1567
tributarya1616
subsidiary1628
the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing > occasioning
contributary1567
contributive1583
contributory1594
occasional1646
occasionative1655
occasionate1658
occasioning1817
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > auxiliary or subsidiary
subsidiary1543
contributary1567
serving1567
auxiliar1583
contributory1594
auxiliatory1599
auxiliary1605
subministering1606
subserving1621
auxilianta1631
inservient1646
adminiculary1653
adminicular1660
accessorial1726
secondary1751
tributary1764
contributive1793
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > types of help > [adjective] > lending aid to bring about a result
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1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 84 Peneus and Sperchius streames contributarie were.
1681 Whole Duty of Nations 56 Such things, so far as they may be any way contributary to good.
1775–91 tr. D'Anville's Anc. Geog. in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) It was situated on the Ganges, at the place where this river received a contributary stream.
1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 11 648 This edition is distinguished..by the curious extent of contributary reading.
B. n.
One who contributes; one who pays tribute.
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1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij Pythagoras..& many other (in certaine thinges) will be Contributaries.
1598 E. Ford Parismus xii. sig. M3 The king of Persia calling his contributaries togither.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. xi. 635 Those all they disfranchised, and made Aerarij, or contributaries.
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