Dictionary

accessary en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /əkˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ækˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English accessarie, axcessary, excercary, from Medieval Latin accessārius.

Meanings

1. Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.

Forms

Deriveds

one who commands (accessary before the fact (legal)) · assists (accessary after the fact (legal)) · one who (accessary after the fact (legal)) · counsels an offense (accessary before the fact (legal)) · not being present at the commission of the offense (accessary after the fact (legal)) · after an offense (accessary after the fact (legal)) · accessaryship · shelters the offender (accessary after the fact (legal)) · not being present at its commission (accessary before the fact (legal))

Translations (1)

et kaasosaline (person)

accessary en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /əkˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ækˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin accessārius.

Meanings

1. 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, [Act I, scene ii], signature B2, verso:

Forms

Deriveds

accessariness · accessarily