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| | tributary | (ทริบ'บิวทะรี) n. แคว, สาขาสายน้ำ, เมืองขึ้น adj. (สายน้ำ) ไหลรวมกับสายใหญ่กว่า, เสริม, สาขา, จ่ายเงินบรรณาการ, เป็นเมืองขึ้น, เป็นส่วนประกอบ, See also: tributarily adv., Syn. branch | | distributary | (ดิสทริบ'บิวทะรี) adj. สาขาแม่น้ำ, สายน้ำแยก |
| | | | แคว | (n) tributary, See also: river, stream, Syn. แม่น้ำ, ลำน้ำ, Example: พงศาวดารเหนือได้กล่าวถึงตำนานพระพุทธชินราชแห่งเมืองสองแคว, Count Unit: สาย, แคว, Thai Definition: ลำน้ำที่ไหลมาลงลำน้ำอีกสายหนึ่ง |
| | แคว | [khwāe] (n) EN: tributary ; river ; stream FR: affluent [ m ] | | รัฐบรรณาการ | [rat bannākān] (n, exp) EN: tributary state |
| | | | | tributary | (adj) (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream | | tributary | (adj) paying tribute, Example: a tributary colony |
| | Tributary | a. [ OE. tributaire, F. tributaire, L. tributarius. See Tribute. ] 1. Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace. [ 1913 Webster ] [ Julius ] unto Rome made them tributary. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior. [ 1913 Webster ] He to grace his tributary gods. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Paid in tribute. “Tributary tears.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi. [ 1913 Webster ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tributary | n.; pl. Tributaries 1. A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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