accessary
UK/əkˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/
accessary noun: someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
Noun
accessary (plural accessaries)
- Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
Adjective
accessary (comparative more accessary, superlative most accessary)
- Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory.
- To both their deaths ſhalt thou be acceſſary.c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC...
accessary meaning in Urdu and Kannada
accessary in Urdu
- شریک جرم, ممدون معاون, مددگار, رسوا کرنا
accessary in Kannada
- ಒತ್ತಾಸೆಗಾರ
Forms of accessary
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | accessaries |
| alternative form | accessory |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more accessary |
| superlative | most accessary |
Origin of accessary
From Middle English accessarie, axcessary, excercary, from Medieval Latin accessārius.
Borrowed from Medieval Latin accessārius.
Words formed from accessary
- one who
- after an offense
- assists
- shelters the offender
- not being present at the commission of the offense
- one who commands
- counsels an offense
- not being present at its commission
- accessaryship
- accessarily
- accessariness
Phrases with accessary
Questions about accessary
- What does accessary mean?
- Accessary means someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
- What is accessary in Urdu?
- Accessary in Urdu is شریک جرم, ممدون معاون, مددگار. See Accessary meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is accessary?
- Accessary can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce accessary?
- Accessary is pronounced /əkˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of accessary?
- The plural of accessary is accessaries.
Words near accessary in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: accessary (page history and authors); accessary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accessary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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