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Webster 1913 Edition
Tributary
1.
Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
[Julius] unto Rome made them
tributary
. Chaucer.
2.
Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.
He to grace his
tributary
gods. Milton.
3.
Paid in tribute.
“Tributary tears.” Shak.
4.
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 MississippiTrib′u-ta-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Tributaries
. 1.
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.
2.
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tributary
TRIB'UTARY
,Adj.
1.
Subject; subordinate. He, to grace his tributary gods--
2.
Paid in tribute. No flatt'ry tunes these tributary lays.
3.
Yielding supplies of any thing. The Ohio has many large tributary streams; and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.TRIB'UTARY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
tributary
tributary
English
Noun
tributary (plural tributaries)
- A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
- A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
Quotations
- nation paying tribute
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 2
- As England was his faithful tributary.
Synonyms
- (stream which flows into a larger one): affluent
Translations
stream which flows into a larger one
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nation, state etc.
Adjective
tributary (not comparable)
- Related to the paying of tribute.
- subordinate; inferior
- Milton
- to grace his tributary gods
- Milton
- Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.
- The Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.