Oh my word Ancillary, Auxiliary, Axillary

Oh my word  Ancillary, Auxiliary, Axillary
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Auxiliary verbs (helping words) are simple words of English language, they are not only ancillary to the main verbs but they have a key role however ancillary they are. “Another time a red-haired school girl hung over me in the metro, and a revelation of axillary russet I obtained remained in my blood for weeks. 

Auxiliary verbs (helping words) are simple words of English language, they are not only ancillary to the main verbs but they have a key role however ancillary they are. “Another time a red-haired school girl hung over me in the metro, and a revelation of axillary russet I obtained remained in my blood for weeks.

I could list a great number of these one-sided diminutive romances. Some of them ended in a rich flavor of hell.” –Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Ancillary (adjective) refers to an accessory, additional, auxiliary, contributory, extra, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, supplementary and aiding to someone or something in getting something done.

Ancillary staff, ancillary work, ancillary duties, ancillary roads (road in addition to another road that leads to a destination), and ancillary industries are those that supplement the main things. Note that auxiliary is synonymous to auxiliary in one meaning: additional, supplementary.

Auxiliary as an adjective refers to an accessory, aiding, ancillary, assisting, back-up, emergency, helping, reserve, secondary, subsidiary, substitute, supplementary, supporting: medical, industrial auxiliaries.

As a noun, Auxiliary means an accessory, accomplice, ally, assistant, associate companion, confederate, helper, partner, reserve, subordinate, supporter. Auxiliary verbs are functional words in English language, a closed class (not more than 23) and have a grammatical function.

They are used with another verb in phrase or sentence; auxiliary verb accompanies the main verb in a clause by which distinction is made in aspect, tense, mood, voice. The 23 auxiliary verbs are: am, is, are; was were; has, have, had; do, does, did; will, would; shall, should; can, could; may, might, must; be, been, being.

Auxiliary language is the one that is used for intercommunication by various speakers; for example English is not the national language of India but it is also the auxiliary language. Auxiliary language could be constructed or natural.

The obsolete spelling of auxiliary is auxiliatroy (adjective). Axillary is an adjective pertaining to the axilla, armpit; the cavity under the arm and the shoulder, axillary gland, axillary artery, axillary never.
In botany, axillary indicates to rising from, situated in, an axil, or related to an axil.

Axillar is an adjective, and alternative word of axillary. As a noun, axillars or axillaries (plural form) means the feather’s connecting the under surface of the wing and the body. Axilla is the alternative form of axil.

Axillary vein is the large blood vessel that transports the blood from the thorax, axilla or the armpit and upper limb to the heart. What a role an auxiliary verb and axillary vein performs!

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