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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Contributory.

[R.]

Tributary; contributing.

[R.]

It was situated on the Ganges, at the place where this river received a

contributary

stream.

D’Anville (Trans. ).

Adj.

[See Contribute.] Paying tribute to the same sovereign; contributing aid to the same chief or principal.

It was situated on the Ganges, at the place where this river received a contributary stream.

contributary ‎(comparative more contributary, superlative most contributary)

contributory
tributary; contributing
- D'Anville (in translation)
  It was situated on the Ganges, at the place where this river received a contributary stream.