Definition of auxiliary

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Auxiliary (sing.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae..

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Assistant :: Assistant (a.) Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
Should :: Should (imp.) Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or contingent act or state, or as a supposition of an actual fact; also, to express moral obligation (see Shall); e. g.: they should have come last week; if I should go; I should think you could go..
Ought :: Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed..
Ally :: Ally (v.) Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
Auxiliar :: Auxiliar (n.) An auxiliary.
Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can..
Assistant :: Assistant (n.) One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help..
Pier :: Pier (n.) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.
Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To cheat; to gull; to overreach.
Ought :: Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) Was or were under obligation to pay; owed..
Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) To owe; to be under obligation for.
Feeder :: Feeder (n.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.
Adminicle :: Adminicle (n.) Help or support; an auxiliary.
Auxiliary :: Auxiliary (sing.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae..
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..
Auxiliary :: Auxiliary (n.) A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.
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..
Adminicular :: Adminicular (a.) Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence..
May :: May (v.) An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can..
Flown :: Flown () p. p. of Fly; -- often used with the auxiliary verb to be; as, the birds are flown..
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