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Accessary

//əkˈsɛs(ə)ɹi// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory.

    "To both their deaths ſhalt thou be acceſſary."

Adjective
  1. 1
    aiding and abetting in a crime wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
  2. 2
    someone who helps another person commit a crime wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English accessarie, axcessary, excercary, from Medieval Latin accessārius.

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin accessārius.

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