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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Auxiliar, Auxiliaryadjective

    Assistant; helping; confederate.

    Etymology: from auxilium, Lat.

    The giant brood,
    That fought at Thebes and Ilium on each side,
    Mix’d with auxiliar gods. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i.

    Their tractates are little auxiliary unto ours, nor afford us any light to detenebrate this truth. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

    There is not the smallest capillary vein but it is present with, and auxiliary to it, according to its use. Matthew Hale, Orig. of Mank.

    Nor from his patrimonial heav’n alone
    Is Jove content to pour his vengeance down;
    Aid from his brother of the seas he craves,
    To help him with auxiliary waves. Dryden.

  2. Auxiliar, Auxiliarynoun

    Helper; assistant; confederate.

    Etymology: from auxilium, Lat.

    In the strength of that power, he might, without the auxiliaries of any further influence, have determined his will to a full choice of God. South.

    There are, indeed, a sort of underling auxiliars to the difficulty of a work, called commentators and criticks. Alexander Pope.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Auxiliaradjective

    auxiliary

  2. Auxiliarnoun

    an auxiliary

  3. Etymology: [L. auxiliaris: cf. F. auxiliaire. See Auxiliary.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Auxiliar

    awg-zil′yar, Auxiliary, awg-zil′yar-i, adj. helping: subsidiary, as troops.—ns. Auxil′iar, an auxiliary; Auxil′iary, a helper: an assistant: (gram.) a verb that helps to form the moods and tenses of other verbs. [L. auxiliarisauxilium, help—aug-ēre, to increase.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of auxiliar in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of auxiliar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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