Contributing

contributing
    adj 1: tending to bring about; being partly responsible for;
           "working conditions are not conducive to productivity";
           "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of
           the city"; "a contributory factor" [syn: {conducive},
           {contributing(a)}, {contributive}, {contributory},
           {tributary}]
    

Contribute \Con*trib"ute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contributed}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Contributing}.] [L. contributus, p. p. of
   contribuere to bring together, to add; con- + tribuere to
   grant, impart. See {Tribute}.]
   To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common
   stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part;
   to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to
   contribute food or fuel for the poor.
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         England contributes much more than any other of the
         allies.                                  --Addison.
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