The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contributive
Contributive \Con*trib"u*tive\, a.
Contributing, or tending to contribute.
--Fuller.
Wiktionary
contributive
a. Tending to contribute; making a contribution
WordNet
contributive
adj. 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" [syn: conducive, contributing(a), contributory, tributary]
Usage examples of "contributive".
Yet the immense fortune lavished upon him by a generous people he hoards not, but invests in the erection and establishment of institutions directly contributive to the public good, the people thus realizing, in their liberal patronage, a new meaning of the beautiful Oriental custom of casting bread upon the waters.