Assist

assist
    n 1: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need
         or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an
         assist with the housework"; "could not walk without
         assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his
         help in unloading" [syn: {aid}, {assist}, {assistance},
         {help}]
    2: (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good
       play
    v 1: give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped
         out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this
         table?"; "She never helps around the house" [syn: {help},
         {assist}, {aid}]
    2: act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
    3: work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends
       the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table,
       please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister
       served the King for many years" [syn: {serve}, {attend to},
       {wait on}, {attend}, {assist}]
    

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.
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         Assist me, knight. I am undone!          --Shak.
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   Syn: To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor;
        befriend; sustain; favor. See {Help}.
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Assist \As*sist"\, v. i.
   1. To lend aid; to help.
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            With God not parted from him, as was feared,
            But favoring and assisting to the end. --Milton.
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   2. To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public
      meeting. [A Gallicism] --Gibbon. Prescott.
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72 Moby Thesaurus words for "assist":
      abet, accompany, act for, advance, aid, assistance, attend, avail,
      bail out, be instrumental, bear a hand, befriend, benefit, boost,
      comfort, concur, cooperate, do for, do good, doctor, ease, escort,
      facilitate, favor, finance, forward, fund, further, give a boost,
      give a hand, give a lift, give help, go between, hand, help,
      help out, helping hand, leg, leg up, lend a hand, lend one aid,
      lift, mediate, minister to, pay the bills, pension, pension off,
      proffer aid, promote, protect, rally, reclaim, redeem, relief,
      relieve, remedy, render assistance, rescue, restore, resuscitate,
      revive, save, second, serve, set up, stead, subserve, subsidize,
      succor, support, take in tow, work for