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accessory

[ak-ses-uh-ree]

noun

a subordinate or supplementary part, object, or the like, used mainly for convenience, attractiveness, safety, etc., as a spotlight on an automobile or a lens cover on a camera.

an article or set of articles of dress, as gloves, earrings, or a scarf, that adds completeness, convenience, attractiveness, etc., to one's basic outfit.

Law.

Also called accessory before the fact. a person who, though not present during the commission of a felony, is guilty of having aided and abetted another, who committed the felony.

Also called accessory after the fact. a person who knowingly conceals or assists another who has committed a felony. Compare principal (def. 9b).

Anatomy. accessory nerve.

adjective

contributing to a general effect; supplementary; subsidiary.

Law. giving aid as an accessory.

Petrography. (of a mineral) being present in small amounts in a rock and having no bearing on the classification of the rock, as zircon in granite.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English accessorie (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin accessōrius. See accede, -tory¹

Related forms

ac·ces·so·ri·ly, adverb

ac·ces·so·ri·ness, noun

in·ter·ac·ces·so·ry, adjective

non·ac·ces·so·ry, adjective, noun, plural -ries.

Synonyms
1. See addition. 3. accomplice.

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Success rate will vary depending on location of accessory pathway and number of accessory pathways.

To make things worse, many people have come to regard dogs as something more than a furry household accessory.

Gaffer's tape is an essential photographic accessory.

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Success rate will vary depending on location of accessory pathway and number of accessory pathways.

To make things worse, many people have come to regard dogs as something more than a furry household accessory.

Gaffer's tape is an essential photographic accessory.

The collapsible boat was touted as a necessary accessory for the traveler and the camper.

But let's not forget the linchpin accessory for the schoolyard fashionista-the lunchbox.

On top of a comfortable fit and offering easy access, this active wear accessory is also water-resistant and hand washable.

Women of style have always known what a potent tool an accessory can be.

Hot sauce is an excellent accessory for any traveller.

Cesar trains peopledogs need rehabilitation because people think dogs are the latest fashion accessory.

Haley can't say whether the technology might one day be available on new motorcycles or offered as an aftermarket accessory.

The must-have accessory for every status-conscious woman comes with some strings attached.

Siemens insists that it was a victim of crime not an accessory to it.

The mini, available in five colors from pink to gold, is a fashion accessory.

With iPad sales expected to be in the millions in the first year, the accessory market could be huge.

Maybe some headscarfs are more fashinoable than others, but its not a fashion accessory.

The iPhone presents a unique opportunity for accessory makers.

Ken, for all his virile good looks and affable charm, really is an accessory.

Marvel at the pet accessory ads that pollute the cat-and-dog newsgroups.

One thing is for sure: the days of the fixed-gear as hipster accessory are over.

Guzmán was an accessory to the kidnapping, torture and murder of many people.

It had to happen sooner or later: an iMac accessory that lets users stop and smell the roses.

Though the prince fancied himself as a military man the regiment was a plaything, more fashion accessory than fighting unit.

Finally, an iPod accessory that isn't completely frivolous.

Its gonna be a clossal failure at the price point if they treat it as an accessory.

So politics is accessory to economy of market not the opposite.

Bacal suggests that the town can meet its obligation by relying on accessory apartments.

Accessory makers thought so, too, and a handful of them.

Perhaps no single male fashion accessory provokes as much emotion as the bow tie.

Come the crisp days of autumn, though, this accessory will take on a much more elegant.

Its latest accessory is a tiny phone receiver that you lift up to your ear to.

Here's the latest accessory for the licensed pilot: a watch that doubles as a rescue beacon.

So the choice he made was between a lie that caused no harm, and being an accessory to crimes against humanity.

What it is is an accessory thatwill make the pen or stylus you already own a lot easier to use.

Ragsdale, undertaker, as an accessory after the crime.

Microsoft is selling the video game accessory as quickly as it can produce them, and hopes to sell five million shiny.

Garment-district trim suppliers have had a flurry of sales of feathers as a fashion accessory and as an exotic alternative to fur.

The cell-phone strap is an indispensable accessory that lets a person express.

Fisher, charged as an accessory to murder in the beating death of a gay barracks mate, pleaded guilty today to lesser charges.

And that's where the pointlessness of this accessory starts to become clear.

For one thing, it's an accessory that's easy to wear.

Its latest accessory is a tiny phone receiver that you lift up to your ear to make a call.

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World English Dictionary

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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Word Origin & History

accessory

also accessary (n.), early 15c. as a legal term in the criminal sense of "one aiding in a crime;" adj. meaning "aiding in crime" is from c.1600; both from L.L. accessorius, from accessor, agent noun from accedere (see access). Attested from 1896 as "woman's smaller articles

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of dress," hence accessorize (1939).

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Medical Dictionary

accessory ac·ces·so·ry (āk-sěs'ə-rē)
adj.

Having a secondary, supplementary, or subordinate function.
Of, relating to, or being a body part, such as a gland, nerve, or muscle, that is anatomically auxiliary.

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