contribute
[kuhn-trib-yoot]
verb (used with object), con·trib·ut·ed, con·trib·ut·ing.
to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
to furnish (an original written work, drawing, etc.) for publication: to contribute stories to a magazine.
verb (used without object), con·trib·ut·ed, con·trib·ut·ing.
to give (money, food, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc.: He contributes to many charities.
to furnish works for publication: He contributed to many magazines.
Origin of contribute
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Historical Examples of contributive
It would be foolish to ignore the contributive force of this sense.
Modern Religious Cults and MovementsGaius Glenn Atkins
Henry James proposed, in each instance, to disclose "the contributive value of the accessory facts in a given artistic case."
Description also, in the most artistic fiction, is used only as subsidiary and contributive to narration.
Materials and Methods of FictionClayton Hamilton
But it is in narrative and in description that the quality of style is most contributive to the maximum effect.
Materials and Methods of FictionClayton Hamilton
The contributive part of French in the new vocabulary corresponds to the branches of activity reserved to the new-comers.
A Literary History of the English PeopleJean Jules Jusserand
contribute
verb (often foll by to)
Word Origin for contribute
C16: from Latin contribuere to collect, from tribuere to grant, bestow
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