Definition of auxiliary

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Auxiliary (sing.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae..

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Supply :: Supply (n.) Auxiliary troops or reenforcements.
Accessorily :: Accessorily (adv.) In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary.
Ought :: Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed..
Pier :: Pier (n.) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.
Ought :: Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be bound in duty or by moral obligation..
Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive.
Adminicle :: Adminicle (n.) Help or support; an auxiliary.
Preventer :: Preventer (n.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.
Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done..
Auxiliatory :: Auxiliatory (a.) Auxiliary; helping.
Auxiliar :: Auxiliar (a.) Auxiliary.
Doctor :: Doctor (n.) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine..
Well :: Well (v. i.) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of water.
Supplyment :: Supplyant (a.) Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory.
Appoggiatura :: Appoggiatura (n.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony..
Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) To owe; to be under obligation for.
Must :: Must (v. i. / auxiliary) To be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws..
Ally :: Ally (v.) Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
Afford :: Afford (v. t.) To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough..
Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note..
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