Definition of auxiliary

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Auxiliary (sing.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an auxiliary verb; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will, in English; etre and avoir, in French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish..

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Auxiliary :: Auxiliary (n.) Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or subsidiary force..
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..
Subsidized :: Subsidiary (n.) One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary..
Well :: Well (v. i.) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of water.
Preventer :: Preventer (n.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.
Assistant :: Assistant (n.) One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help..
Auxiliary :: Auxiliary (n.) A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.
Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To make ready for an object, purpose, or use, as food by cooking; to cook completely or sufficiently; as, the meat is done on one side only..
Ought :: Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) Owned; possessed..
Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .
Ally :: Ally (v.) Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) To be obliged; must.
Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To place; to put.
Auxiliary :: Auxiliary (a.) Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
Tense :: Tense (n.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time..
Ought :: Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be bound in duty or by moral obligation..
Supply :: Supply (n.) Auxiliary troops or reenforcements.
Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) To owe; to be under obligation for.
Principal :: Principal (n.) A leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who acts independently, or who has controlling authority or influence; as, the principal of a faction, a school, a firm, etc.; -- distinguished from a subordinate, abettor, auxiliary, or assistant..
Ancillary :: Ancillary (a.) Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary..
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