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AUXILIARY (from Lat. auxilium, help)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 50 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AUXILIARY (from
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Lat. auxilium, help)
  , that which gives aid or support; the
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term is used in grammar of a verb which completes the tense,
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mood or voice of another verb; in
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engineering, e.g. of the low steam power used to supplement the
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sail-power in sailing
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ships, still occasionally used in yachts, sealers or whalers; and in military use, of
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foreign or allied troops, more properly of any troops not permanently maintained under arms . In the
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British army the term " Auxiliary Forces" was employed formerly to include the Militia, the Imperial
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Yeomanry and the
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Volunteers .

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