Definitions
tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
Word origin
From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tribūtārius, from tribūtum (“tribute”).
Used in a sentence
“The great saphenous vein is a tributary of the femoral vein.”
“An earneſt Coniuration from the King, / As England was his faithfull Tributary”
“to grace his tributary gods”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Feeder stream”9 letters
02“River branch”9 letters
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