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Ancillary Definition & Meaning

ancillary
adjective
  1. furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"

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What does ancillary mean?
furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
What part of speech is ancillary?
Ancillary is an adjective.

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