contribute
contribute is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a share in any act or effect. We are engaged in war; the secretary of state calls upon the colonies to contribute. Burke.
- 2.To give or use one's power or influence for any object; to assist. These men also contributed to obstruct the progress of wisdom. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- affect
- agree
- agreement
- aid
- alliance
- along
- applicability
- aptitude
- aptness
- assent
- bend
- bent
- bias
- bid
- calculated
- carry
- cast
- cause
- coagency
- coincide
- coincidence
- common
- conatus
- concert
- concur
- concurrence
- concurrent
- concurring
- conduce
- conducive
- conduciveness
- consent
- consilience
- conspire
- cooperate
- cooperation
- direction
- dispose
- drift
- fair
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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