tributaryadj.n.

/ˈtrɪbjuːtəri/

Etymology: < Latin tribūtārius: see tribute n. and -ary suffix¹. Compare French tributaire (12th cent. in Godefroy Compl.).

A. adj.

a. Paying tribute; subject to imposts.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tribute > [adjective] > paying tribute

tributaryc1384

contributaryc1386

tributoryc1460

contributory1548

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. xiii. 39 Ȝif eny other thing was tributarye [gloss] or bounden to tribute, in Jerusalem, nowe be it not tributarie.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 185 Al..by-came lyeges and Subiectes tributarijs by grete othis for ham and hare kyngedomes and lordshuppes.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xlviii. f. xvi^v At those dayes a great parte of y^e worlde was trybutary to Rome.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 1 These therefore weare by Iulius Cæsar subdued to the Romane Empyre, and their country made a tributarie Prouince.

1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour i. ii. 10 This Charles is some poor Tributary Lord.

1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings iii. iii. xxviii, in Wks. XI. 460 As far independent as a tributary prince could be.

1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 20 Many states, hitherto independent, were compelled to become tributary to the Company.

b. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > dependent

tributaryc1412

appendant1598

dependent1620

adjective1640

depending1705

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 89 Þat fretynge aduersarie Myn hert[e] made to hym tributarie.

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 232 Traiane did vse to say, that Rome was more tributarie then any place of the world: for that they could not eate, but if it were giuen them from other kingdomes.

1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 218 Productions..for which they used to be tributary to the industry of other nations.

2. transferred and figurative. Furnishing subsidiary supplies or aid; subsidiary, auxiliary, contributory; also said of a stream or river which flows into another.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [adjective]

contributary1567

tributarya1616

subsidiary1628

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > auxiliary or subsidiary

subsidiary1543

contributary1567

serving1567

auxiliar1583

contributory1594

auxiliatory1599

auxiliary1605

subministering1606

subserving1621

auxilianta1631

inservient1646

adminiculary1653

adminicular1660

accessorial1726

secondary1751

tributary1764

contributive1793

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 36 Th'emperious Seas breeds Monsters; for the Dish, Poore Tributary Riuers, as sweet Fish.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 4 For me your tributary stores combine.

1823 C. B. Vignoles Observ. upon Floridas 56 The Choctawhatchie river, and all its tributary streams discharge into the eastern end of this bay.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. vii. 57 I climbed up among the tributary glaciers.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 5 With reference therefore to the rivers tributary to the Thames.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 651 The neuralgia may affect the whole of the tributary nerves of the plexus.

3. Paid or offered as tribute; of the nature of tribute; contributory.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > [adjective] > given as due

tributary1594

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 159 Lo at this Tombe my tributarie teares, I render.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 55 They pay a yearly tributary pension vnto the great Turke.

1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 Poetry 206 Immortal fame Shall grace with tributary praise thy name.

1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 112 Many a dunce, whose fingers itch to write, Adds, as he can, his tributary mite.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. i. 6 Each minstrel's tributary lay Paid homage to the festal day.

4. Of which one bears the cost; expensive.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > involving great or excessive expenditure

dear1044

chargeous138.

wastyc1380

dear-boughtc1384

costlewa1387

costlya1425

costy?c1430

costfulc1450

costablea1475

chargeable1480

sumptuous1485

chargeful1529

deep1608

tributary1632

burdenablec1650

expensivea1661

consumptive1753

capital-intensive1907

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 9 The chargeable expences of a tributary iourney.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 114 This tributary, tedious, and sumptuous peregrination.

B. n. (Absolute use of the adjective. So in French)

1. One who pays tribute. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 275 For Sicambri were tributaryes to thempyre of Rome vn to the tyme of Valentinian.

c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 123 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 225 With trybvtaris he fled þane to þe towne of Ierusaleme.]

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. i. 4 He..subdued y^e londes and people with their prynces, so that they became tributaries vnto him.

1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 14 The Irish Lords did onely promise to become Tributaries to King Henry the second. And such as pay onely Tribute..are not properlie Subiects but Soueraignes.

a1704 T. Brown Acct. Conversat. Liberty of Conscience in Duke of Buckingham Misc. Wks. (1705) II. i. 127 Living a constant Tributary to those Vermin the Bailiffs.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xx. 509 A tributary and vassal to the English monarch.

2. transferred and figurative. One who or that which furnishes subsidiary supplies or aid.

a. spec. A stream contributing its flow to a larger stream or lake; an affluent, feeder. Not in Todd1818, Webster1828, or Craig1849.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [noun]

succour1596

creek1622

kill1669

sidestream1715

feeder1795

tribute-river1820

tributary1822

affluent1829

confluent1849

sub-river1849

influent1859

1822 W. H. Simmons Notices E. Florida iii. 29 [The] appearance [of bonnet leaf]..indicates from a distance, the influx of some tributary of the main stream.

1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 261 A fortified post and port..commanding the trade of that river and its tributaries.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. i. 37 The Medway can hardly be called a tributary of the Thames; but..it falls into the estuary of the latter.

1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis xi, in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 451 What sedged brooks are Thames's tributaries.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 354 Two new rivers..both of which he surmised were tributaries of the Congo.

b. Of other things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory help > a subsidiary help

factor1445

adjutory1508

underhelp1579

subsidiary1603

under-powera1807

contingent1817

tributary1859

contribuenta1866

1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 137 At the foot of this terraced hill was the necropolis, and near it its tributary, the Bendigo Hospital.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ii. 18 The lower sphere might be said, at a rough guess, to be thirteen times larger than the upper, which naturally performed the function of a mere satellite and tributary.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 182 The great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven.

Derivatives

ˈtributarily adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adverb] > in auxiliary manner

subserviently1646

tributarily1847

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tributarily, adv. in a tributary manner.

ˈtributariness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tribute > [noun] > one who pays > condition or state of

tributariness1727

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Tributariness, the Condition or State of those that pay Tribute.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	tributary
释义	tributaryadj.n. /ˈtrɪbjuːtəri/ Etymology: < Latin tribūtārius: see tribute n. and -ary suffix¹. Compare French tributaire (12th cent. in Godefroy Compl.). A. adj. 1. a. Paying tribute; subject to imposts. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tribute > [adjective] > paying tribute tributaryc1384 contributaryc1386 tributoryc1460 contributory1548 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. xiii. 39 Ȝif eny other thing was tributarye [gloss] or bounden to tribute, in Jerusalem, nowe be it not tributarie. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 185 Al..by-came lyeges and Subiectes tributarijs by grete othis for ham and hare kyngedomes and lordshuppes. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xlviii. f. xvi^v At those dayes a great parte of y^e worlde was trybutary to Rome. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 1 These therefore weare by Iulius Cæsar subdued to the Romane Empyre, and their country made a tributarie Prouince. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour i. ii. 10 This Charles is some poor Tributary Lord. 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings iii. iii. xxviii, in Wks. XI. 460 As far independent as a tributary prince could be. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 20 Many states, hitherto independent, were compelled to become tributary to the Company. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > dependent tributaryc1412 appendant1598 dependent1620 adjective1640 depending1705 c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 89 Þat fretynge aduersarie Myn hert[e] made to hym tributarie. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 232 Traiane did vse to say, that Rome was more tributarie then any place of the world: for that they could not eate, but if it were giuen them from other kingdomes. 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 218 Productions..for which they used to be tributary to the industry of other nations. 2. transferred and figurative. Furnishing subsidiary supplies or aid; subsidiary, auxiliary, contributory; also said of a stream or river which flows into another. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [adjective] contributary1567 tributarya1616 subsidiary1628 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > auxiliary or subsidiary subsidiary1543 contributary1567 serving1567 auxiliar1583 contributory1594 auxiliatory1599 auxiliary1605 subministering1606 subserving1621 auxilianta1631 inservient1646 adminiculary1653 adminicular1660 accessorial1726 secondary1751 tributary1764 contributive1793 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 36 Th'emperious Seas breeds Monsters; for the Dish, Poore Tributary Riuers, as sweet Fish. View more context for this quotation 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 4 For me your tributary stores combine. 1823 C. B. Vignoles Observ. upon Floridas 56 The Choctawhatchie river, and all its tributary streams discharge into the eastern end of this bay. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. vii. 57 I climbed up among the tributary glaciers. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 5 With reference therefore to the rivers tributary to the Thames. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 651 The neuralgia may affect the whole of the tributary nerves of the plexus. 3. Paid or offered as tribute; of the nature of tribute; contributory. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [adjective] > given as due tributary1594 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 159 Lo at this Tombe my tributarie teares, I render. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 55 They pay a yearly tributary pension vnto the great Turke. 1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 Poetry 206 Immortal fame Shall grace with tributary praise thy name. 1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 112 Many a dunce, whose fingers itch to write, Adds, as he can, his tributary mite. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. i. 6 Each minstrel's tributary lay Paid homage to the festal day. 4. Of which one bears the cost; expensive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > involving great or excessive expenditure dear1044 chargeous138. wastyc1380 dear-boughtc1384 costlewa1387 costlya1425 costy?c1430 costfulc1450 costablea1475 chargeable1480 sumptuous1485 chargeful1529 deep1608 tributary1632 burdenablec1650 expensivea1661 consumptive1753 capital-intensive1907 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 9 The chargeable expences of a tributary iourney. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 114 This tributary, tedious, and sumptuous peregrination. B. n. (Absolute use of the adjective. So in French) 1. One who pays tribute. Also figurative. ΚΠ ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 275 For Sicambri were tributaryes to thempyre of Rome vn to the tyme of Valentinian. c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 123 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 225 With trybvtaris he fled þane to þe towne of Ierusaleme.] 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. i. 4 He..subdued y^e londes and people with their prynces, so that they became tributaries vnto him. 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 14 The Irish Lords did onely promise to become Tributaries to King Henry the second. And such as pay onely Tribute..are not properlie Subiects but Soueraignes. a1704 T. Brown Acct. Conversat. Liberty of Conscience in Duke of Buckingham Misc. Wks. (1705) II. i. 127 Living a constant Tributary to those Vermin the Bailiffs. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xx. 509 A tributary and vassal to the English monarch. 2. transferred and figurative. One who or that which furnishes subsidiary supplies or aid. a. spec. A stream contributing its flow to a larger stream or lake; an affluent, feeder. Not in Todd1818, Webster1828, or Craig1849. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [noun] succour1596 creek1622 kill1669 sidestream1715 feeder1795 tribute-river1820 tributary1822 affluent1829 confluent1849 sub-river1849 influent1859 1822 W. H. Simmons Notices E. Florida iii. 29 [The] appearance [of bonnet leaf]..indicates from a distance, the influx of some tributary of the main stream. 1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 261 A fortified post and port..commanding the trade of that river and its tributaries. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. i. 37 The Medway can hardly be called a tributary of the Thames; but..it falls into the estuary of the latter. 1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis xi, in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 451 What sedged brooks are Thames's tributaries. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 354 Two new rivers..both of which he surmised were tributaries of the Congo. b. Of other things. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory help > a subsidiary help factor1445 adjutory1508 underhelp1579 subsidiary1603 under-powera1807 contingent1817 tributary1859 contribuenta1866 1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 137 At the foot of this terraced hill was the necropolis, and near it its tributary, the Bendigo Hospital. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ii. 18 The lower sphere might be said, at a rough guess, to be thirteen times larger than the upper, which naturally performed the function of a mere satellite and tributary. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 182 The great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven. Derivatives ˈtributarily adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adverb] > in auxiliary manner subserviently1646 tributarily1847 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tributarily, adv. in a tributary manner. ˈtributariness n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tribute > [noun] > one who pays > condition or state of tributariness1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Tributariness, the Condition or State of those that pay Tribute. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1384
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