auxiliary

1. a. Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops. Source: opted

2. n. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise. Source: opted

3. n. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or subsidiary force. Source: opted

4. sing. 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; etre and avoir, in French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish. Source: opted

5. sing. A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae. Source: opted

6. adj. functioning in a supporting capacity Source: wordnet

7. adj. furnishing added support Source: wordnet

8. n. someone who acts as assistant Source: wordnet

9. 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. 1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise. 2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or subsidiary force. 3. (Gram.) 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; être and avoir, in French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish. 4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulæ. Math. Dict. Source: webster

10. Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary;as auxiliary troops. Auxiliary scales (Mus.), the scales of relativeor attendant keys. See under Attendant, a.-- Auxiliary verbs (Gram.). See Auxiliary, n., 3. Source: adambom

11. j:76/n:24 s. functioning in a supporting capacity Source: ecdict

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