accessory

1. a. 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. Source: opted

2. n. That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate. Source: opted

3. n. Same as Accessary, n. Source: opted

4. n. Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. Source: opted

5. adj. aiding and abetting in a crime Source: wordnet

6. adj. furnishing added support Source: wordnet

7. n. clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing Source: wordnet

8. n. a supplementary component that improves capability Source: wordnet

9. n. someone who helps another person commit a crime Source: wordnet

10. 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. 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) Same as Accessary, n. 3. (Fine Arts) 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

11. 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, whenof persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot;accessory sounds in music. Source: adambom

12. j:10/n:90 n. clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing n. a supplementary component that improves capability n. someone who helps another person commit a crime s. furnishing added support Source: ecdict

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