ACCESSORIES

Noun

accessories

plural of accessory

Anagrams

• accessorise

Source: Wiktionary


ACCESSORY

Ac*ces"so*ry (#; 277), a. Etym: [L. accessorius. See Access, and cf. Accessary.]

Definition: 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 orhoëpists 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)

Definition: Same as Accessary, n.

3. (Fine Arts)

Definition: Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. Elmes.

Syn.

– Abettor; accomplice; ally; coadjutor. See Abettor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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