accessary

== English == === Alternative forms === accessory === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/, /ækˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/ /8 (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈaksəs(ɵ)ri/, /əkˈsɛs(ɵ)ri/ Homophone: accessory === Etymology 1 === From Middle English accessarie, axcessary, excercary, from Medieval Latin accessārius. ==== Noun ==== accessary (plural accessaries) (law) Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Medieval Latin accessārius. ==== Adjective ==== accessary (comparative more accessary, superlative most accessary) (law) Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory. ===== Derived terms ===== === Usage notes === "This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane, and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being either accessary or accessory." - Webster, 1913. Since that time this trend has accelerated. === References === “accessary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.