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accessorial

[ak-suh-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-]

adjective

accessory; supplementary.

Origin:
1720–30; accessory + -al¹

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accessory (əkˈsɛsərɪ)

—n , pl -ries
1.	a supplementary part or object, as of a car, appliance, etc
2.	(often plural) a small accompanying item of dress, esp of women's dress
3.	a person who incites someone to commit a crime or assists the perpetrator of a crime, either before or during its commission

—*adj*
4.	supplementary; additional; subordinate
5.	assisting in or having knowledge of an act, esp a crime

[C17: from Late Latin accessōrius: see access]

accessorial

—*adj*

ac'cessorily

—*adv*

ac'cessoriness

—n

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