Definition of Tributary. Meaning of Tributary. Synonyms of Tributary

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Definition of 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.

Meaning of Tributary from wikipedia

- "Right tributary", or "right-bank tributary", and "left tributary", or "left-bank tributary", are terms stating the orientation of the tributary relative...
- The tributary system of China (simplified Chinese: 中华朝贡体系; traditional Chinese: 中華朝貢體系; pinyin: Zhōnghuá cháogòng tǐxì), or Cefeng system (simplified...
- and is a left tributary of the Kamenice, to which it enters in Tanvald. It originates in the Jizera Mountains and has two tributaries, Bílá Desná and...
- exchange for good relations with the Aztecs. Second, there were tributary provinces or tributary states. These provinces were mandated to pay a regular tribute...
- states that paid tribute to the Central Plain dynasties of China under the tributary system. It encomp****ed states in Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia,...
- stream in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a tributary of Salt Cr****. Addison Cr**** originates in Bensenville and runs south...
- Coldwater Cr**** (Missouri river tributary), a stream in St. Louis County, Missouri Coldwater Cr**** (South Grand River tributary), a stream in Missouri and...
- England that is a tributary of Padbury Brook, itself a tributary to the River Great Ouse. Claydon Brook itself has many tributaries, and is commonly used...
- United States, a (narrow) stream that is smaller than a river; a minor tributary of a river; a brook. Sometimes navigable by water craft and may be intermittent...
- A tributary state is a pre-modern state in a particular type of subordinate relationship to a more powerful state which involved the sending of a regular...