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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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