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Tributary

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(1):

(n.) A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.

(2):

(a.) Paid in tribute.

(3):

(a.) 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.

(4):

(n.) 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.

(5):

(a.) Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.

(6):

(a.) Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tributary'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tributary.html. 1828.
 
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