Dictionary entry

Accessory (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ac‐ces″so‐ry, n.; pl.Accessories (�). 1. That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate. “The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti.” Carlyle.

2. (Law) Same as Accessary, n.

3. (Fine Arts) Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. Elmes.

Syn. — Abettor; accomplice; ally; coadjutor. See Abettor.