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n. The state of being accessary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory. [ 1913 Webster ]

To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Accessaries [ Cf. Accessory and LL. accessarius. ] (Law) One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accessary before the fact (Law), one who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission. --
Accessary after the fact, one who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the commission of the offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane, and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being either accessary or accessory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a. See Acescency, Acescent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ L. cessans, p. pr. of cessare. See Cease. ] Inactive; dormant [ Obs. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cessation, L. cessatio, fr. cessare. See Cease. ] A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war. [ 1913 Webster ]

The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation from labor. Sir J. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cessation of arms (Mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to by the commanders of armies, to give time for a capitulation, or for other purposes.

Syn. -- Stop; rest; stay; pause; discontinuance; intermission; interval; respite; interruption; recess; remission. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., he has ceased. ] [ O. Eng. Law ] A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. comissatio, comessatio. ] A reveling; a rioting. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. confessant. ] One who confesses to a priest. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. confessarius. ] One who makes a confession. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;); dia` through + &unr_;, gen. of &unr_; four (sc. &unr_;.). ] 1. (Anc. Mus.) The interval of a fourth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An electuary compounded of four medicines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Essays [ F. essai, fr. L. exagium a weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf. examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr. 'exa`gion a weight, 'exagia`zein to examine, 'exa`gein to drive out, export. See Agent, and cf. Exact, Examine, Assay. ] 1. An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend. “The essay at organization.” M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Lit.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An assay. See Assay, n. [ Obs. ]

Syn. -- Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise; dissertation; disquisition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Essayed p. pr. & vb. n. Essaying. ] [ F. essayer. See Essay, n. ] 1. To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try. [ 1913 Webster ]

What marvel if I thus essay to sing? Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Essaying nothing she can not perform. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should essay the impossible. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay. [ Obs. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who essays. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of an essay, or of essays. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The charge for carrying a parcel by express. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being guessed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incessabilis; pref. in- not + cessare to cease. ] Unceasing; continual. [ Obs. ] Shelton. -- In*ces"sa*bly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ From Incessant. ] The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness. Dr. T. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incessans, -antis; pref. in- not + cessare to cease: cf. F. incessant. See Cease. ] Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Against the castle gate,
. . . Which with incessant force and endless hate,
They batter'd day and night and entrance did await. Spenser.

Syn. -- Unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; unremitting; ceaseless; continual; constant; perpetual. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Unceasingly; continually. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Same as Jasmine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. LL. missaticum, fr. L. mittere, missum, to send. See Mission, and cf. Messenger. ] 1. Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. Judg. iii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the President's message. [ 1913 Webster ]

Message shell. See Shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bear as a message. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE., fr. OF. message, fr. LL. missaticus. See 1st Message. ] A messenger. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. ] A messenger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey information. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &unr_; four. ] A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Turk. & Ar. muteçarif freely disposing of anything, master. ] In Turkey prior to the revolution, an administrative authority of any of certain sanjaks. They were appointed directly by the Sultan. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Turk. & Ar. muteçarifah office of a mutessarif. ] In Turkey, a sanjak whose head is a mutessarif. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. nécessarien. See Necessary. ] An advocate of the doctrine of philosophical necessity; a necessitarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to necessarianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of philosophical necessity; necessitarianism. Hixley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being necessary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. nécessaire. ] 1. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requisite; essential. “'T is necessary he should die.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Necessaries 1. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A privy; a water-closet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Law) Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pessaries [ L. pessarium, pessum, pessus, Gr. pesso`s: cf. F. pessaire. ] (Med.) (a) An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition. (b) A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Redress. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. risāldār, fr. risāltātroop of horse + Per. dār holding. ] (Mil.) In the Anglo-Indian army, a native commander of a ressala. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Mus.) An imperfect or diminished fourth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. Hurry; run. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ From Spessart, in Germany. ] (Min.) A manganesian variety of garnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Succession. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My peculiar honors, not derived
From successary, but purchased with my blood. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]