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contributary

contributary is the obsolete form of contributory.

Meaning of contributory

Adjective

contributory (comparative more contributory, superlative most contributory)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution.
  2. Tending to contribute to a result.
  3. (obsolete) Paying tribute, tributary.
    • My Lord the great Commander of the worlde,
      Besides fifteene contributory kings,
      Hath now in armes ten thouſand Ianiſaries,
      Mounted on luſty Mauritanian Steeds, […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

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Forms of contributary

comparativemore contributary
superlativemost contributary

Questions about contributary

What is contributary the obsolete form of?
Contributary is the obsolete form of contributory.

Words near contributary in the dictionary

  1. contrey
  2. contrib
  3. contrib.
  4. contribs
  5. contributable
  6. contributary
  7. contribute
  8. contributed
  9. contributer
  10. contributers
  11. contributes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contributary (page history and authors); contributory (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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