From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Accessary \Ac*ces"sa*ry\ (#; 277), a.
Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp.,
uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief
actor. See {Accessory}.
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To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary. --Shak.
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Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that
support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning.
--Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Accessary \Ac*ces"sa*ry\ (277), 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.
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{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.
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Note: 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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
accessary
adj 1: aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with
being accessory to the crime" [syn: {accessary},
{accessory}]
n 1: someone who helps another person commit a crime [syn:
{accessory}, {accessary}]
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