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单词 assistance
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assistancen.

/əˈsɪstəns/
Forms: Middle English–1500s assystence, 1500s assistence, 1500s–1600s assistaunce, 1500s– assistance.
Etymology: < French assistance, < assister : see assist v. and -ance suffix.
1. The being or remaining near; presence, attendance. Obsolete except as assumedly French.
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the world > space > place > presence > [noun]
presencea1325
presencea1475
assistance1528
presentness1530
presency1542
presentiality1651
presentialness1689
1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 145/2 The perpetual..assistence of Christ with his church.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 78 Ryghtful men are strengthed..by more nere assystence of aungels to them.
1644 in J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce Testimonies sig. A3 His sumptuous burial..solemniz'd with so great an assistance of all the Universitie.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Nov. 3 The ‘assistance’ of the Government at the ceremony.
2. collective (rarely plural). Persons present, bystanders, audience. Obsolete except as recently re-adopted from French.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > one present at an event > collectively
assistancea1492
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xvi. f. xxi/1 Whyche the holy angelles bare in to heuen in the presence of the assystences.
1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. M4v Weeping [so] piteously..that the whole assistance became compassionate.
1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. B4v Difficult propositions..by him maintained before that venerable assistance.
1881 G. G. Scott Ess. Hist. Eng. Church Archit. i. 8 The altar, in full view of all the assistance.
3.
a. The action of helping or aiding in an undertaking or necessity; furtherance, succour; also, the help afforded, aid, support, relief. Formerly often in plural.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun]
fultumeOE
help971
succour?c1225
abetc1330
succouringc1330
speedc1340
subsidya1387
rescousc1390
chevisancea1400
juvamentc1400
supply1420
aid1430
favour1434
supplying1436
suffrage1445
availa1450
boteningc1450
succurrancec1450
adjuvancea1460
assistance1495
meeda1500
subventiona1500
suppliancea1500
adjutory?a1513
sistancea1513
adminiculation1531
abetment1533
assisting1553
adjument1576
society1586
aidance1593
opitulation1598
secourse1598
second1605
suppeditation1605
assistency1642
auxiliation1657
adjutancy1665
adjuvancy1677
abettal1834
sustenance1839
constructiveness1882
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) i. sig. Aij/1 By þe goode grace. helpe & assystence of almyghty god.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xlv Roger with the assystence of the Mayre and other toke the sayd Rascall.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. ii. 5 Thus high by thy aduice And thy assistance is king Richard seated. View more context for this quotation
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cviii. 12 Paraphr.) 550 All other assistances, beside that of heaven, being utterly unsufficient.
1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xvi. 322 Notwithstanding these assistances, the expence of every play amounted to fifty pounds.
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table viii. 204 Many people can ride on horseback who find it hard to get on and to get off without assistance.
b. elliptical for National Assistance (see national adj.).
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > other state benefits
maternity benefit1911
universal basic income1935
constant attendance allowance1945
death grant1946
National Assistance1948
negative income tax1950
assistance1956
supplementary benefit1966
attendance allowance1969
income support1969
mobility allowance1974
UBI1993
1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. i. 244 Ten quid's not going to put us on Assistance.
1959 New Statesman 1 Aug. 125/2 The forthcoming increases will be a temptation to the ‘casual’ labourer who has a large family to shift from earnings to assistance.
4. collective (rarely plural) A body of helpers: see assistant adj. and n. Compounds (Cf. accountance, acquaintance.)
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper > body of
assistance1564
1564 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. ii. xli. 463 To every parish belongeth..an assistance, being thirteen persons, to consist of such only as had before been church-wardens and constables.
1611 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 106 The chief magistrate..was a Portgrave or Reve..and his assistances Burgesses.
1679 I. Bargrave tr. F. Micanzio Exact Discov. Myst. Iniquity 17 Give notice..to the Assistance at Rome, or to the Father-General.
1692 E. Settle Tri. Lond. in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 555 Then twelve Gentlemen Ushers, and after them the Court of Assistance.

Draft additions March 2019

assistance animal n. an animal (typically a dog) that has been trained to assist a person who has a disability or a disabling condition; cf. assistance dog n.Recorded earliest in attributive use.
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1986 Kenosha (Wisconsin) News 25 Aug. 7/6 Abdul, an 11-year-old Labrador retriever who won the first annual ‘Assistance Animal Award’, pushes the elevator button for his quadriplegic mistress.
1996 Orange Coast Dec. 101/2 The People-Pet Partnership..introduces assistance animals to nursing homes.
2012 M. DeMello Animals & Society x. 202 If the owner's condition changes, assistance animals can adapt to those changes.
assistance dog n. a dog that has been trained to assist a person who has a disability or a disabling condition.Assistance dogs often assist those who are blind (cf. seeing-eye dog at seeing eye adj. 1, guide dog n. at guide n. Compounds 2), deaf (cf. hearing dog n. at hearing adj. Additions), or who have a condition such as epilepsy or diabetes.
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1982 E. C. Sheeley & D. McQuiddy Words & Meanings: helping Deaf-blind Child (STEPS Booklet No. 3: Dept. Communicative Disorders, Univ. of Alabama) 52 Hearing dog (assistance dog), an animal that has been given special training. He will alert his master to the doorbell, smoke alarm, and other sounds.
1989 Weekly World News 18 July 3 Kendrick is an ‘assistance’ dog trained to pick up things, fetch things Teddy can't reach, flick lights on or off.
2013 National Trust Mag. Autumn (Notice of AGM Suppl.) 16/1 Assistance dogs are welcome inside the venue. Pets are not permitted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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