TRIBUTARY
\tɹˈɪbjuːtəɹi], \tɹˈɪbjuːtəɹi], \t_ɹ_ˈɪ_b_j_uː_t_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of TRIBUTARY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
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Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.
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Paid in tribute.
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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.
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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.
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A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
By Oddity Software
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Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
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Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.
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Paid in tribute.
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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.
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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.
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A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
By Noah Webster.
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Paying tribute or taxes to another; contributory; subordinate.
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A state or government which pays taxes to, or is under control of, a superior government; a stream or river flowing into a larger body of water.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Paying tribute: subject: yielding supplies of anything: paid in tribute.
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One who pays tribute: a stream which contributes water to another.
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TRIBUTARILY.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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