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English Dictionary: accessory	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for accessory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
accessory adj aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with being accessory to the crime" Synonym(s): accessary, accessory furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" Synonym(s): accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary n clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing Synonym(s): accessory, accoutrement, accouterment a supplementary component that improves capability Synonym(s): accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on someone who helps another person commit a crime Synonym(s): accessory, accessary
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accessory \Acces"sory\ (#; 277), a. [L. accessorius. See {Access}, and cf. {Accessary}.] Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music. Note: Ash accents the antepenult; and this is not only more regular, but preferable, on account of easiness of pronunciation. Most orho[89]pists place the accent on the first syllable. Syn: Accompanying; contributory; auxiliary; subsidiary; subservient; additional; acceding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accessory \Acces"sory\, n.; pl. {Accessories}. 1. That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate. [bd]The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti.[b8] --Carlyle. 2. (Law) Same as {Accessary}, n. 3. (Fine Arts) Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. --Elmes. Syn: Abettor; accomplice; ally; coadjutor. See {Abettor}.