tribute (tribut)

t.; pret. and pp. tributed, ppr. tributing. [ An amorous trifler, that spendeth his forenoons on his gla and barber, his afternoons with paint or lust, tribut ing most precious moments to the scepter of a fan! Whitlock, Manners of Eng. People, p. 302. (Latham.) 21. To distribute; bestow; dispose. Hem I sette in wel pastyned lande, And thai tributed with felicitee. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 124. tribute-money (trib'ūt-mun"i), n. Money paid as tribute. But Jesus perceived their wickedne , and said, Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him Mat. xxii. 19. a penny.