acc essiveł (aksesiv)

[ God "opened the eyes of one that was born blind" and had increased this cæcity by his own acc e ive and exce ive wickedne . Rev. T. Adams , Works, II. 379. 34 acce ory buds are developed by the side of or above the normal axillary bud. - Acce ory action, in Scots law, an action in some degree subservient or ancillary to another action. - Acce ory contract, one made for the purpose of a uring the performance of a such as a suretyship, a mortgage, or a pledge. Bouvier. prior contract, either by the same parties or by others, Acce ory disk, the thin, slightly dim, and an isotropous disk seen near the intermediate disk in certain forms and conditions of striated muscle-fibers. Acce ory fruits, those fruits a considerable portion of stance is distinct from the seed-ve el and formed of the accrescent and succulent calyx, or torus, or receptacle, bracts, etc.-Acce ory muscles. See acce orius. - Acce ory obligation, an obligation incidental or subordinate to another obligation. Thus, an obligation for the regular payment of interest is acce ory to the obligation to pay the principal; a mortgage to secure payment of a bond is acce ory to the bond. - Acce ory valves, in IMG:content-0128.png:[blocks in formation] II. n.; pl. acce ories (-riz). 1. In law , one who is guilty of a felony, not by committing the offense in person or as a principal, nor by being present at its commi ion, but by being in some other way concerned therein, as by advising or inciting another to commit the crime, or by concealing the offender or in any way helping him to escape punishment. An acce ory before the fact is one who counsels or incites another to commit a felony, and who is not present when the act is done; after the fact , one who receives and conceals, or in any way a ists, the offender, knowing him to have committed a felony. In high treason and misdemeanor, by English law, there are no acce ories, all implicated being treated as principals. See abetter. An acce ory is one who participates in a felony too remotely to be deemed a principal. Bishop . In that state [Ma achusetts], too, the aider and abettor, who at common law would have been but a mere acces sory, may be indicted and convicted of a substantive felony, without any regard to the indictment or conviction of the principal. Ат . Сус ., I. 58. The prevailing rule of the criminal law, that there may be principals and acce ories to a crime, has no application whatever to treason. Am . Cyc ., XV. 851. 2. That which accedes or belongs to something else as its principal; a subordinate part or object; an accompaniment. The wealth of both Indies seems in great part but an acce ary to the command of the sea. Bacon , E ays, xxix. The aspect and acce ories of a den of banditti. Carlyle. 3. In the fine arts , an object represented which is not a main motive or center of interest, but some way enhance its artistic effectivene . In a portrait, for example, everything but the figure is an acce ory . Mere acce orial guilt was not enough to convict him. R. Choate , Addre es, p. 265. acce orily (ak-ses'o-ri-li or ak'se-sō-ri-li), adv . In the manner of an acce ory; not as principal, but as a subordinate agent. Also written acce arily. acce orine (ak-ses'ō-ri-nes or ak'se-sō-rines), n. The state of being acce ory, or of being or acting as an acce ory. Also written acce arine . acce orius (ak-se-sō'ri-us), a . and n.; pl. acces sori i (-1). [ML.: see acce ory .] In an at ., acce ory, or an acce ory. Applied - (a) To several muscles: as, musculus acce orius ad sacro-lumbalem, the acce ory muscle of the sacro-lumbalis, pa ing, in man, by succe ive slips, from the six lower to the six upper ribs; acce orii orbicularis super i ores, acce orii orbicularis infer i ores, certain superior and inferior additional or acce ory muscular fibers of the orbicularis or is muscle of man; flexor acce orius, the acce ory flexor of the sole of the foot of man, arising by two heads from the os calcis or heel-bone, and inserted into the tendon of the long flexor of the toes (flexor long us digitorum). (b) To the eleventh pair of cranial nerves, also called the spinal acce ory nerves. They give filaments to the vagus, and innervate the sterno-mastoid and trapezius muscles. acce ory (ak-ses'o-ri or ak'se-sō-ri), a . and n. [= F. acce oire = Sp. accesorio = Pg. It. acces sorio , acce orius , acce us , pp. of ac cedere : see accede , and cf. acce ary .] I. a . 1. (Of persons.) Acceding; contributing; aiding in producing some effect, or acting in subordination to the principal agent: usually in a bad sense: as, acce ory to a felony. Technically, in law , it implies aiding without being present at the act.-2. (Of things.) ( a ) Contributing to a general effect; aiding in certain acts or effects in a secondary manner; belonging to something else as principal; accompanying: as, acce ory sounds in music; acce ory muscles. (b) Additional, or of the nature of an appendage: as, In painting the picture of an Oriental, the pipe and the coffee-cup are indispensable acce ories . B. Taylor , Lands of the Saracen, p. 178. [In all uses interchangeable with acce ary , but acce ory is more common.] = Syn. 1. Abetter, accomplice. See the definitions of these words.