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Distributary Distributary Dis*trib"u*ta*ry, a.
Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes;
distributive.
Tributaries Tributary Trib"u*ta*ry, n.; 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.
Tributariness Tributariness Trib"u*ta*ri*ness, n.
The quality or state of being tributary.
Tributary Tributary Trib"u*ta*ry, a. [OE. tributaire, F. tributaire, L.
tributarius. See Tribute.]
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 Mississippi.
Tributary Tributary Trib"u*ta*ry, n.; 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.
