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Webster 1913 Edition
Assist
As-sist′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Assisted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Assisting
.] [L.
assistere
; ad
+ sistere
to cause to stand, to stand, from stare
to stand: cf. F. assister
. See Stand
.] To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.
Assist
me, knight. I am undone! Shakespeare
Syn. – To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See
Help
. As-sist′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To lend aid; to help.
With God not parted from him, as was feared,
But favoring and
But favoring and
assisting
to the end. Milton.
2.
To be present as a spectator;
as, to
. assist
at a public meeting[A Gallicism]
Gibbon. Prescott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assist
ASSIST'
,Verb.
T.
To help; to aid; to succor; to give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress.
ASSIST'
,Verb.
I.