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Contributive

Contributive \Con*trib"u*tive\, a. Contributing, or tending to contribute.
--Fuller.

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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.