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Assist
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Synonyms: help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.