Part 80

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; <as>as, the <ex>accession</ex> of the house of Stuart</as>; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Increase; addition; augmentation; enlargement.</syn>

<h1>Accessional</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*ces"sion*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to accession; additional.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Accessive</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*ces"sive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Additional.</def>

<h1>Accessorial</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac`ces*so"ri*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to an accessory; <as>as, <ex>accessorial</ex> agency, <ex>accessorial</ex> guilt</as>.</def>

<h1>Accessorily</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*ces"so*ri*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary.</def>

<h1>Accessoriness</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*ces"so*ri*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.</def>

<h1>Accessory</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*ces"so*ry</hw> <tt>(#; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>accessorius</ets>. See <er>Access</er>, and cf. <er>Accessary</er>.]</ety> <def>Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; <as>as, he was <ex>accessory</ex> to the riot; <ex>accessory</ex> sounds in music.</as></def>

<note>&hand; Ash accents the antepenult; and this is not only more regular, but preferable, on account of easiness of pronunciation. Most orho\'89pists place the accent on the <i>first</i> syllable.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Accompanying; contributory; auxiliary; subsidiary; subservient; additional; acceding.</syn>

<h1>Accessory</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*ces"so*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Accessories</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate.</def> "The aspect and <i>accessories</i> of a den of banditti."

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Accessary</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts.</def>

<i>Elmes.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Abettor; accomplice; ally; coadjutor. See <er>Abettor</er>.</syn>

<h1>Acciaccatura</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*ciac`ca*tu"ra</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., from <ets>acciaccare</ets> to crush.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short <i>appoggiatura</i>.</def>

<h1>Accidence</h1> <Xpage=11>