Assist
(As*sist") v. 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!
Shak.
Syn. — To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help.
Assist
(As*sist"), v. i.
1. To lend aid; to help.
With God not parted from him, as was feared,
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.
Assistance
(As*sist"ance) n. [Cf. F. assistance.]
1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.
Without the assistance of a mortal hand.
Shak.
2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. [Obs.]
Wat Tyler [was] killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance, . . . John
Cavendish.
Fuller.
3. Persons present. [Obs. or a Gallicism]
Assistant
(As*sist"ant) a. [Cf. F. assistant, p. pr. of assister.]
1. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
Genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly assistant to each other.
Beattie.
2. (Mil.) Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. [U.S.]
In the English army it designates the third grade in any particular branch of the staff. Farrow.
Assistant
(As*sist"ant) n.
1. One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.
Four assistants who his labor share.
Pope.
Rhymes merely as assistants to memory.
Mrs. Chapone.
2. An attendant; one who is present. Dryden.
Assistantly
(As*sist"ant*ly), adv. In a manner to give aid. [R.]
Assister
(As*sist"er), n. An assistant; a helper.
Assistful
(As*sist"ful) a. Helpful.
Assistive
(As*sist"ive) a. Lending aid, helping.
Assistless
(As*sist"less), a. Without aid or help. [R.] Pope.
