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Auxiliary Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Auxiliary? [n] someone who acts as assistant [adj] functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [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 Auxiliary: accessory \| adjunct \| adjuvant \| aide \| ancillary \| appurtenant \| secondary \| subsidiary \| supplemental \| supplementary \| supportive Related Terms \| Find terms related to Auxiliary: abetting \| accessory \| accident \| accidental \| acolyte \| addendum \| addition \| additional \| adjunct \| adjutant \| adjuvant \| adscititious \| adventitious \| agent \| aid \| aide \| aide-de-camp \| aider \| aiding \| alter ego \| ancillary \| another \| appendage \| appurtenance \| appurtenant \| ascititious \| assistance \| assistant \| assisting \| attendant \| auxiliary verb \| backing \| best man \| casual \| circumstantial \| coadjutant \| coadjutor \| coadjutress \| coadjutrix \| collateral \| complementary \| contingency \| contingent \| contributory \| copula \| defective verb \| deponent verb \| deputy \| executive officer \| extra \| farther \| finite verb \| fortuitous \| fostering \| fresh \| further \| girl Friday \| happenstance \| help \| helper \| helpful \| helping \| helpmate \| helpmeet \| impersonal verb \| incidental \| inessential \| infinitive \| instrumental \| intransitive \| intransitive verb \| lieutenant \| linking verb \| man Friday \| mere chance \| ministerial \| ministering \| ministrant \| modal auxiliary \| more \| neuter verb \| new \| nonessential \| not-self \| nurtural \| nutricial \| other \| paranymph \| paraprofessional \| peripheral \| plus \| reserve \| second \| secondary \| servant \| serving \| sideman \| spare \| subordinate \| subservient \| subsidiary \| superadded \| superaddition \| superfluous \| supernumerary \| supervenient \| supplement \| supplemental \| supplementary \| support \| supporter \| supporting \| supporting actor \| supporting instrumentalist \| supportive \| surplus \| transitive \| tributary \| ulterior \| unessential \| upholding \| verb \| verb phrase \| verbal See Also \| assistant \| help \| helper \| nurse's aide \| nursing aide \| supporter Auxiliary In Webster's Dictionary \Auxil"iary\ (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliarius, fr. auxilium help, aid, fr. augere to increase.] Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops. {Auxiliary scales} (Mus.), the scales of relative or attendant keys. See under {Attendant}, a. {Auxiliary verbs} (Gram.). See {Auxiliary}, n., 3. \Auxil"iary\, n.; pl. {Auxiliaries}. 1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise. 2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or subsidiary force. 3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an auxiliary verb; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will, in English; [^e]tre and avoir, in French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish. 4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. --Math. Dict.

Auxiliary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Auxiliary?

[n] someone who acts as assistant
[adj] functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches"
[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"

Auxiliary In Webster's Dictionary

\Aux*il"ia*ry\ (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliarius, fr.
auxilium help, aid, fr. augere to increase.]
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting;
subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.

{Auxiliary scales} (Mus.), the scales of relative or
   attendant keys. See under {Attendant}, a.

{Auxiliary verbs} (Gram.). See {Auxiliary}, n., 3.


\Aux*il"ia*ry\, n.; pl. {Auxiliaries}.
1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or
   enterprise.

2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at
   war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or
   subsidiary force.

3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and
   tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an auxiliary verb;
   as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will, in
   English; [^e]tre and avoir, in French; avere and essere,
   in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.

4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of
   simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in
   equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. --Math. Dict.

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