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An obsolete form of contrive1. contribual (kon-trib'ū-al), a. [ being contributed. contributaryt (kon-trib'u-ta-ri), a. [= F. con tributaire, n. and a.; as contribute + -aryl. Cf. tributary.) Contributory; tributary. It was situated on the Ganges, at the place where the river received a contributary stream. D'Anville (trans.). contribute (kon-trib'ūt), v.; pret. and pp. con tributed , ppr. contributing. [ con tri but us , pp. of contribuere (> It. contribuire = Sp. Pg. contribuir = F. contribuer), throw together, unite, contribute, tribuere , grant, a ign, impart: see tribute .] I. trans. To give or grant in common with others; give to a common stock or for a common purpose; furnish as a share or constituent part of any thing: as, to contribute money to a charity; to contribute articles to a magazine. England contributes much more than any other of the allies. Add is on, State of the War. It is for each nation to consider how far its institutions have reached a state in which they can contribute their maximum to the store of human happine and excellence. Gladstone, Might of Right, p. 176. The union of the political and military departments in Greece contributed not a little to the splendour of its early history. Macaulay , A then i an Orators. contrist individual or by many; something furnished as a joint share or constituent part. Of Aristotle's actual contributions to the physical sciences I have spoken in the history of those sciences. Whewell, Philos. of Discovery. The inner arcades and the west doorway [of a little duomo] are worthy of real study, as contributions to the stock of what is at any rate singular in architecture. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 207. Specifically-3. A writing furnished as a distinct part of a periodical or other joint literary work.-4. Milit ., an imposition paid by a frontier country to secure itself from being plundered by the enemy's army; an imposition upon a country in the power of an enemy, which is levied under various pretenses and for various purposes, usually for the support of the army. The people 'twixt Philippi and this ground Do stand but in a fore'd affection; For they have grudg'd us contribution. Shak ., J. C., iv. 3. 5. In law, a payment made by each of several, having a common interest, of his share in a lo suffered, or in an amount paid, by one of the number for the common good: as, for instance, a payment levied on each of the several owners of a ve el for equalizing the lo arising from sacrifices made for the common safety in sea voyages, where the ship is in danger of being lost or captured. - Action or suit for contribution, in law, a suit at law or in equity brought by one of several parties, who has discharged a liability common to all, to compel the others to contribute thereto proportionally. contributional (kon-tri-bū'shon-al), a. [ tri but i on.