单词 | contributor |
释义 | contributorn. a. One that contributes or gives to a common fund; one that bears a part in effecting a result. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory cause > one who occasions or contributes to a result occasion1605 contributor1667 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > types of help > [noun] > lending aid to bring about a result > that which contributor1667 subscriber1773 contribuenta1866 1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 15 They..shall not be contributours nor charged to the payement of the sayed somme. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 214 I promist we would be Contributors, And beare his charge of wooing whatsoere. View more context for this quotation 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xvi. 365 A fourth grand contributer to our dissentions is Passion. 1676 W. Hubbard Happiness of People 2 By which our Saviour preferred the bounty of the poor Widow above all the rest of the Contributers. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 424 Every tax ought to be levied..in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. View more context for this quotation 1893 N.E.D. at Contributor Mod. Among the contributors to the testimonial are, etc. ΚΠ 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War vi. vi. f. clv Certayn Barbarous or estrangers be contrybutours vnto the Syracusains. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. xii. 91 The people being contributers vsed him kindly. 1630 J. Smith True Trav. 35 Himselfe as rich..as any Prince in Christendome, and yet a Contributor to the Turke. c. One who contributes literary articles to a journal, magazine, or other joint literary work. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > contributor contributor1750 itemizer1860 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 56. ⁋16 Let therefore the next friendly contributor..observe the cautions of Swift, and write secretly in his own chamber. 1843 T. B. Macaulay Ess. Pref. The author has sometimes, like other contributors to periodical works, been under the necessity of writing at a distance from all books. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xv. 267 It draws from any number of learned and skilful contributors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1530 |
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