A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
Noun
a branch that flows into the main stream
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"
Adjective S.
paying tribute; "a tributary colony"
Adjective S.
of a stream; flowing into a larger stream
a.
Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an
acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the
purpose of purchasing peace.
a.
Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.
a.
Paid in tribute.
a.
Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make
up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.;
contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself
tributary to the Mississippi.
n.
A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to
a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection,
or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.
n.
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a
lake; an affluent.
Tributary
[Julius] unto Rome made them tributary.2.
He to grace his tributary gods.3.
Tributary
Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
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