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, or other person in a position of trust. Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe. Hobart.

Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes. From thence to heaven's bribeless hall. Sir W. Raleigh.

One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.

The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements. Bribery oath, an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting. [Eng.]

A native of the Caribbee islands or the coaste of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.

Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sa) lying between those islands and Central America.

A Carib.

A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remakable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results.

The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou). Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren. -- Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America.

See Caribou.

An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.

Capable of being circumscribed.

to write or engare around. [R.] Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. Ashmole.

One who, or that which, circumscribes.

A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.

To enroll; to enlist. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Capable of being contributed.

Contributory. [R.]

furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute food or fuel for the poor. England contributes much more than any other of the allies. Addison.

The act of contributing.