Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accessory"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Accessory \Ac*ces"so*ry\, n.; pl. {Accessories}.
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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Accessory \Ac*ces"so*ry\ (#; 277), 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.

Note: Ash accents the antepenult; and this is not only more
regular, but preferable, on account of easiness of
pronunciation. Most orho["e]pists place the accent on
the first syllable.

Syn: Accompanying; contributory; auxiliary; subsidiary;
subservient; additional; acceding.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

accessory
adj : relating to something that is added but is not essential;
"an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms
of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to
each other" [syn: {adjunct}, {ancillary}, {adjuvant}, {appurtenant},
{auxiliary}, {subsidiary}]
n 1: clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main
clothing [syn: {accoutrement}, {accouterment}]
2: a supplementary component [syn: {appurtenance}, {supplement}]
3: someone who helps another person commit a crime [syn: {accessary}]


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