contributory

[Con*tribĀ·u*to*ry]

Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

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Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive.

Adjective S.
tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"


a.
Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive.

n.
One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness.


Contributory

Con*trib"u*to*ry , a. Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive. Milton.
Bonfires of contributory wood.
Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured party, which combines with the negligence of the injurer in producing the injury, and which bars recovery when it is the proximate cause of the injury. Wharton.

Contributory

Con*trib"u*to*ry, n.; pl. Contributories . One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness. Abbott.

Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive.

One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness.

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Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.

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