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tributary(dictionary)

tributary (iou)



tributary adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin tributarius, from tributum: see TRIBUTE, -ARY1.]
A. adjective.
Hist. Required to pay or paying a tribute or tax. LME.
Burke As far independent as a tributary prince could be.
Offered or done as a tribute or mark of respect etc. arch. L16.
Shakespeare Titus Andronicus Lo, at this tomb my tributary tears I render.
Subsidiary; spec. (of a stream or river) flowing into a larger river or a lake. E17.
K. Grahame Certain streams tributary to their own river.
b. noun.
Hist. A person paying tribute. LME.
transf. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or a lake. E19.
B. England The main river ran along..with two tributaries on the far side. F. Fitzgerald One of the Mekong tributaries flooded..several provinces.
b. A subsidiary thing. M19.
tributarily adverb M19.
tributariness noun E18.