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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Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To cheat; to gull; to overreach.
Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text..
Logarithm :: Logarithm (n.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division..
Secondary :: Secondary (n.) One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London..
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..
Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) To be obliged; must.
Ancillary :: Ancillary (a.) Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary..
Would :: Would (v. t.) Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will..
Must :: Must (v. i. / auxiliary) To be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end, or result; as, he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane..
Feeder :: Feeder (n.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.
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..
Pier :: Pier (n.) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.
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..
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..
Ought :: Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) Was or were under obligation to pay; owed..
Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note..
Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) To owe; to be under obligation for.
Subsidiary :: Subsidiary (a.) Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream..
Flown :: Flown () p. p. of Fly; -- often used with the auxiliary verb to be; as, the birds are flown..
Auxiliary :: Auxiliary (sing.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae..
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