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Accessory

Accessory Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Accessory? [n] a supplementary component [n] clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing [n] someone who helps another person commit a crime [adj] relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Accessory: accessary \| accouterment \| accoutrement \| adjunct \| adjuvant \| ancillary \| appurtenance \| appurtenant \| auxiliary \| subsidiary \| supplement \| supportive Related Terms \| Find terms related to Accessory: a party to \| abettor \| accessary \| accession \| accessories \| accident \| accidental \| accompaniment \| accompanying \| accomplice \| accomplice in crime \| accretion \| addenda \| addendum \| additament \| addition \| additional \| additive \| additory \| additum \| adjunct \| adjuvant \| adscititious \| adventitious \| aide \| ancillary \| annex \| annexation \| another \| appanage \| appanages \| appendage \| appendages \| appendant \| appendix \| appointments \| appurtenance \| appurtenances \| appurtenant \| ascititious \| assistant \| assisting \| associated \| attachment \| attendant \| attending \| augment \| augmentation \| auxiliary \| belongings \| casual \| choses \| choses in action \| choses in possession \| choses local \| choses transitory \| circumstantial \| coconspirator \| coda \| cohort \| coincident \| collaborator \| collateral \| colleague \| combined \| complement \| component \| concomitant \| concurrent \| confederate \| conjoint \| conspirator \| contingency \| contingent \| continuation \| contributory \| copartner \| corollary \| correlative \| cotenant \| coupled \| defendant \| doodad \| engaged \| extension \| extra \| extrapolation \| farther \| fellow \| fellow conspirator \| fixture \| fortuitous \| fostering \| fresh \| frill \| further \| happenstance \| helper \| helping \| implicated \| incidental \| increase \| increment \| inessential \| instrumental \| involved \| joined \| joint \| litigant \| litigationist \| litigator \| material things \| mere chance \| ministerial \| ministering \| ministrant \| more \| movables \| mutual \| new \| nonessential \| not-self \| nurtural \| nutricial \| offshoot \| other \| paired \| panel \| parallel \| paraphernalia \| partaker \| partaking \| participant \| participating \| participative \| participator \| participatory \| parties litigant \| partner \| party \| pendant \| perquisites \| personal effects \| plaintiff \| plus \| reinforcement \| secondary \| serving \| shareholder \| sharer \| sharing \| side effect \| side issue \| simultaneous \| socius criminis \| spare \| subordinate \| subservient \| subsidiary \| suitor \| superadded \| superaddition \| superfluous \| supernumerary \| supervenient \| supplement \| supplemental \| supplementary \| surplus \| tailpiece \| things \| trappings \| tributary \| twin \| ulterior \| undergirding \| unessential \| witness See Also \| abetter \| abettor \| accessory after the fact \| accessory before the fact \| accessory during the fact \| apparel \| article of clothing \| auto accessory \| belt \| clothes \| clothing \| collaborator \| component \| computer accessory \| confederate \| constituent \| criminal \| crook \| cut-in \| element \| felon \| fitting \| fixings \| furnishings \| henchman \| insert \| malefactor \| outlaw \| partner in crime \| trappings \| trimmings \| vesture \| wear \| wearing apparel Accessory In Webster's Dictionary \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["e]pists place the accent on the first syllable. Syn: Accompanying; contributory; auxiliary; subsidiary; subservient; additional; acceding. \Acces"sory\, n.; pl. {Accessories}. 1. That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate. ``The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti.'' --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}.

Accessory Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Accessory?

[n] a supplementary component
[n] clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
[n] someone who helps another person commit a crime
[adj] relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"

Accessory In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac*ces"so*ry\ (#; 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["e]pists place the accent on
      the first syllable.

Syn: Accompanying; contributory; auxiliary; subsidiary;
     subservient; additional; acceding.


\Ac*ces"so*ry\, n.; pl. {Accessories}.
1. That which belongs to something else deemed the principal;
   something additional and subordinate. ``The aspect and
   accessories of a den of banditti.'' --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}.

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