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Contributary

Contributary \Con*trib"u*ta*ry\, a.

  1. Contributory. [R.]

  2. Tributary; contributing. [R.]

    It was situated on the Ganges, at the place where this river received a contributary stream.
    --D'Anville (Trans. ).

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contributary

a. 1 contributory 2 tributary; contribute

Usage examples of "contributary".

A third contributary cause was the economic wretchedness, internal decay and falling population of the Roman Empire.