rare. [f. prec. sb. Cf. to class, to group.] trans. To classify in tribes; also, to group or place in the same tribe with.
1696. Bp. Nicolson, Eng. Hist. Libr., i. 19. Our Fowl, Fish, and Quadrupeds are well Trib’d by Mr. Willughby and Mr. Ray.
1838. [see tribed below].
1852. Meanderings of Memory, I. 104. Her nature may with thine be tribed.
Hence Tribed ppl. a., divided into tribes.
1838. S. Bellamy, Betrayal, 65. Trib’d Decapolis Ye need not seek.
