accessory
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin accessorius. See access, and compare accessary
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- IPA: /əkˈsɛsərɪ/
[edit] Adjective
accessory (comparative more accessory, superlative most accessory)
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- Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being 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.
- (law) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.
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having a supplementary function
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assisting a crime
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[edit] Noun
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accessory (plural accessories)
- That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate, an attachment
- the accessories of a mobile phone
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- The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti. - Thomas Carlyle
- (clothing) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
- (law) One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
- (fine arts) Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. - James Elmes
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attachment
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clothing accessory
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contributor to an offense
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unessential part in a work of art
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[edit] References
- accessory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913