GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Accessory , 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.
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   ☞ 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.
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   Syn. -- Accompanying; contributory; auxiliary; subsidiary; subservient; additional; acceding.
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   Accessory, n.; pl. Accessories .
   That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate. “The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti.”  
   Carlyle.
   
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   (Law) Same as Accessary, n.
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   (Fine Arts) Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts.
   Elmes.
   
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   Syn. -- Abettor; accomplice; ally; coadjutor. See Abettor.
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