AUXILIARIES
Noun
auxiliaries
plural of auxiliary
Source: Wiktionary
AUXILIARY
Aux*il"ia*ry, a. Etym: [L. auxiliarius, fr. auxilium help, aid, fr. augere to increase.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or subsidiary force.
3. (Gram.)
Definition: 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; ĂŞtre and avoir, in French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
4. (Math.)
Definition: A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulæ. Math. Dict.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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