accessary

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
accessary
noun variant spelling of accessory (sense 2 of the noun).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
accessory/əkˈsesəri/
noun (pl. accessories)
  • 1 a thing which can be added to something else in order to make it more useful, versatile, or attractive.

    ■ a small article carried or worn to complement a garment.

  • 2 (also accessary) Law a person who assists the perpetrator of a crime without taking part in it.
adjective chiefly technical subsidiary or supplementary.
– derivatives
accessorial adjective (chiefly Law).
– origin ME: from med. L. accessorius ‘additional thing’, from L. access-, accedere (see accede).
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