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tributary


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tributary  \Trib"u*ta*ry\,  a.  [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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tributary  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tributary 
  adj  :  of  a  stream;  flowing  into  a  larger  stream 
  n  :  a  branch  that  flows  into  the  main  stream  [syn:  {feeder},  {affluent}] 




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