conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, tributary
(adjective) 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”
tributary
(adjective) paying tribute; “a tributary colony”
tributary
(adjective) (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream
feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent
(noun) a branch that flows into the main stream
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tributary (plural tributaries)
A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
• (stream which flows into a larger one): affluent
tributary (not comparable)
Related to the paying of tribute.
subordinate; inferior
Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.
Source: Wiktionary
Trib"u*ta*ry, a. Etym: [OE. tributaire, F. tributaire, L. tributarius. See Tribute.]
1. Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace. [Julius] unto Rome made them tributary. Chaucer.
2. Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior. He to grace his tributary gods. Milton.
3. Paid in tribute. "Tributary tears." Shak.
4. 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.
Trib"u*ta*ry, n.; pl. Tributaries (.
1. 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.
2. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
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