Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tribute
Participle: tributed
Gerund: tributing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tribute |
| you | tribute |
| he;she;it | tributes |
| we | tribute |
| you | tribute |
| they | tribute |
Perfect
| I | have tributed |
| you | have tributed |
| he;she;it | has tributed |
| we | have tributed |
| you | have tributed |
| they | have tributed |
Past
| I | tributed |
| you | tributed |
| he;she;it | tributed |
| we | tributed |
| you | tributed |
| they | tributed |
Pluperfect
| I | had tributed |
| you | had tributed |
| he;she;it | had tributed |
| we | had tributed |
| you | had tributed |
| they | had tributed |
Future
| I | will tribute |
| you | will tribute |
| he;she;it | will tribute |
| we | will tribute |
| you | will tribute |
| they | will tribute |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tributed |
| you | will have tributed |
| he;she;it | will have tributed |
| we | will have tributed |
| you | will have tributed |
| they | will have tributed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tribute |
| you | tribute |
| he;she;it | tribute |
| we | tribute |
| you | tribute |
| they | tribute |
Perfect
| I | have tributed |
| you | have tributed |
| he;she;it | have tributed |
| we | have tributed |
| you | have tributed |
| they | have tributed |
Imperfect
| I | tributed |
| you | tributed |
| he;she;it | tributed |
| we | tributed |
| you | tributed |
| they | tributed |
Pluperfect
| I | had tributed |
| you | had tributed |
| he;she;it | had tributed |
| we | had tributed |
| you | had tributed |
| they | had tributed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tribute |
| you | would tribute |
| he;she;it | would tribute |
| we | would tribute |
| you | would tribute |
| they | would tribute |
Perfect
| I | would have tributed |
| you | would have tributed |
| he;she;it | would have tributed |
| we | would have tributed |
| you | would have tributed |
| they | would have tributed |
Imperative
| you | tribute |
| we | Let's tribute |
| you | tribute |
Verbs conjugated like 'tribute'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tribute'
attribute,
retribute,
tribe,
tribulate,
bribe,
brigue,
brute,
contribute,
cribble,
dilute,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1340, "tax paid to a ruler or master for security or protection," from L. tributum "tribute," lit. "a thing contributed or paid," noun use of tributus, neuter pp. of tribuere "to pay, assign, grant," also "allot among the tribes or to a tribe," from tribus (see tribe). Sense of "offering, gift, token" is first recorded 1585.
2. PIE word
3. *tréyes
4. From Middle English tribut (14th c.), from Middle French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”, which see).
Sample Sentences
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Amorous Trifler, that spendeth[…]his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne. [1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia:]