Tributary, adj. paying tribute, subject; or paid in tribute: “that face . . . to which Love's eyes pay t. gazes,” Ven. 632. “whereat each t. subject quakes,” Ven. 632 “at this tomb my t. tears I render,” Tit. I, 159. III, 1, 270. “your t. drops belong to woe,” Rom. III, 2, 103. “poor t. rivers,” Cymb. IV, 2, 36.