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Webster 1913 Edition

Contributory

Con-trib′u-to-ry

,
Adj.
Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive.
Milton.
Bonfires of
contributory
wood.
Chapman.
Contributory negligence
(Law)
,
negligence by an injured party, which combines with the negligence of the injurer in producing the injury, and which bars recovery when it is the proximate cause of the injury.
Wharton.

Con-trib′u-to-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Contributories
.
One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness.
Abbott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Contributory

CONTRIBUTORY

,
Adj.
Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock.

Definition 2024

contributory

contributory

English

Adjective

contributory ‎(comparative more contributory, superlative most contributory)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution
  2. Tending to contribute to a result

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