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Webster 1913 Edition

Auxiliary

Aux-il′ia-ry

(?; 106)
,
Adj.
[L.
auxiliarius
, fr.
auxilium
help, aid, fr.
augere
to increase.]
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
Auxiliary scales
(Mus.)
,
the scales of relative or attendant keys. See under
Attendant
,
Adj.
–
Auxiliary verbs
(Gram.)
.
See
Auxiliary
,
Noun.
, 3.

Aux-il′ia-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Auxiliaries
.
1.
A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.
2.
(Mil.)
pl.
Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in
s
ing.
), a member of the allied or subsidiary force.
3.
(Gram.)
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;
être
and
avoir
, in French;
avere
and
essere
, in Italian;
estar
and
haber
, in Spanish.
4.
(Math.)
A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulæ.
Math. Dict.

Webster 1828 Edition

Auxiliary

AUXIL'IARY

,
Adj.
[L. auxiliaris, from auxilium, aid, uuxilior, to aid.]
Helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; conferring aid or support by joint exertion, influence or use; as auxiliary troops.

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