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auxiliaries
noun(aux-il-ia-ry)
an auxiliary person, group, or device; specifically : a member of a foreign force serving a nation at war
auxiliaries
noun(aux-il-ia-ry)
a Roman Catholic titular bishop assisting a diocesan bishop and not having the right of succession —called also auxiliary bishop
auxiliaries
noun(aux-il-ia-ry)
a sailing boat or ship equipped with a supplementary inboard engine
auxiliaries
noun(aux-il-ia-ry)
an auxiliary verb (such as can, must, might, may) that is characteristically used with a verb of predication and expresses a modal modification and that in English differs formally from other verbs in lacking -s and -ing forms
auxiliaries
noun(aux-il-ia-ry)
an auxiliary verb

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