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Contribute

//kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole. ambitransitive

    "to contribute money to a church fund"

  2. 2
    provide wordnet
  3. 3
    contribute to some cause wordnet
  4. 4
    bestow a quality on wordnet
  5. 5
    be conducive to wordnet

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“to bring together; to unite”), from con- (“together”) + tribuō (“to bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), derived from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

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