Gave or supplied something, especially money, goods, or effort, to help achieve or provide something. Helped to cause or add to a result or situation.
From Latin 'contributus', past participle of 'contribuere' meaning 'to bring together', composed of 'con-' (together) and 'tribuere' (to assign or give). The word entered English in the 16th century through scholarly and legal contexts.
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