assistantadj.n.

Brit.

/əˈsɪst(ə)nt/, U.S.

/əˈsɪstnt/

Forms: Middle English–1500s assystent, Middle English–1600s assistent, 1500s– assistant.

Etymology: < French assistant, present participle of assister (formerly also, as noun, assistent ), < Latin assistent-em , present participle of assistĕre to assist v. See -ant suffix¹, -ent suffix. The current spelling follows the French and not Latin analogy.

A. adj.

†1. Standing or remaining by, present, accompanying. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > [adjective]

boundc1175

present1340

towarda1375

presentlya1425

assistant1485

presentiala1500

presentaneous1668

assisting1670

standing1788

on the spot1886

on-site1939

the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [adjective]

collateral1377

assistant1485

coincident1567

accompanying1600

concomitant1608

comitant1614

belonginga1616

concomitaneous1661

adjoint1727

associative1812

attended1846

herewith1917

1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 12 She rested not..to preche and enfourme them that were assistent with holy and blessid exhortacions.

1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 45 Christ hath promised in both the sacramentes to be assistant with vs.

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i ii. 21 These accidents are called assistant or accompanying.

1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 42 They see the Senat assistant at the killing of a Bull on Holy-Thursday.

2. Present to help; aiding, helpful, auxiliary (to).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective]

lastfuleOE

helpinga1300

helplya1300

helpfulc1384

assistanta1400

succourablec1400

helpyc1440

aidant1449

adjutoryc1475

subsiduous1490

aidable1509

aidinga1525

aidful1535

adjuvant1574

adjuvable1598

assistful1600

auxiliary1605

recureful1606

seconda1616

succouring1616

coadjuvanta1625

adjutant1645

adjutorious1657

assisting1659

subventive1674

relievablea1693

subventitious1693

affording1873

succourful1898

a1400 Cov. Myst. 240 But angelys were to hym assystent.

c1465 Eng. Chron. (1856) 31 Stirid the peple to be assistent..to the..amendement of the myschiefs.

1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 378/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Which by turnes should be assistant to the quéene.

c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. v. 64 The third Pair are..very assistant in the Office of Chewing.

1857 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1858) I. xvii. 56 Animals assistant to man.

B. n.

†1. One who is present, a bystander; one who takes part in an assembly. Usually in plural. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > one present at an event

assistant1483

attendanta1629

assister1705

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton A iv b Thus shalt thou be honoured of thassistentis in thy companye.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. L^v The assistants grieued to see [it].

1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. vi. §41. 363 Having your Service in such a language as the Assistants generally understand not.

1769 J. Hall-Stevenson Yorick's Sentimental Journey Continued IV. 27 It is not at all astonishing that every convivial assistant should go home cherry-merry.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 11 The growing circumference was observed with astonishment by the assistants.

2. One who gives help to a person, or aids in the execution of a purpose; a helper, an auxiliary; a promoter; also, a means of help, an aid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help

redeeOE

helpc893

bootOE

friendOE

lithc1275

helpera1300

a helping handa1300

helpingc1330

bieldc1352

succour?a1366

supplementc1384

easementa1398

succourer1442

aid?1473

assister1535

assistant?1541

adminicle1551

mystery1581

second1590

auxiliatory1599

subsidium1640

suffragan1644

facilitation1648

adminiculary1652

auxiliary1656

auxiliar1670

ally1794

Boy Scout1918

assist1954

facilitator1987

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > assistant

assistant?1541

adjacent1600

help1645

helper1686

aide1762

asst1782

tenter1894

offsider1904

runabout1957

ancillary1962

gofer1967

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper

helpend971

recurera1382

undertaker1382

bootc1420

profitera1425

suffrage1445

supplier1456

aidant1477

aider1483

adjutor1531

benefactor1532

assistant?1541

servant1562

aid1569

adjument1576

adjuvant1583

familiar1583

adjoint1603

opitulator1624

adjutator1832

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory help > a subsidiary help > person

helpa1325

yeoman1363

suffragana1450

assistant?1541

under-minister1543

under-aid1579

under-fellowa1586

adjutant1622

deacon1642

under-builder1651

subsidiary1661

under-instrument1673

helper1686

understrappera1704

âme damnée1797

bottle holder1816

acolyte1829

cad1836

bellows-blower1865

sidekick1893

side-kicker1894

Watson1927

stooge1955

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens i. sig. Bij^v What condycions ought the assystentes..of the pacyent haue?

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 53 Those great assistants of the Reformation, Luther, and Calvin.

1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind II. 167 Make use of numbers and rhymes merely as assistants to memory.

1851 H. Spencer Social Statics v. §5 Unpractised assistants at surgical operations often faint.

3. spec.

a. A deputy judge.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > deputy

assistant1611

magistrate judge1849

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Assessoriat, th' office..of a Judge Laterall, Assistant, or Assesseur.

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. F ^v/1 The Assistant sits to morrow.

1685 in Antiquary Oct. (1881) 149/2 M^r. Maior and 4 or 5 of y^e Aldermen, with as many of y^e assistants as please.

b. An official auxiliary to the Father-General of the Jesuits.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > [noun] > Jesuit > assistant

adjutant general1667

assistant1679

minister1728

1679 I. Bargrave tr. F. Micanzio Exact Discov. Myst. Iniquity 7 And there is Choice made of some other Fathers, who..are called his Assistants..One is stiled the Assistant of France, a second of Spain.

†c. Obsolete name of the ‘superintendent’ among Wesleyan Methodists.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > various Christian superiors > [noun] > Methodist > Wesleyan

assistanta1791

a1791 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VIII. 319 The Assistant [is] that Preacher in each Circuit who is appointed..to take charge of the societies and the other Preachers therein.

d. Court of Assistants n. certain senior members who manage the affairs of the City of London Companies.

ΚΠ

1829 J. B. Heath Acct. Company Grocers 27 The Courts of Assistants..were compelled to hold their meetings..at various places.

e. A shop assistant (see shop n., adj., and int.).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > shopkeeper > shopworkers

shopman1662

window clerk1770

clerka1790

shop attendant1813

shoppie1818

shop assistant1821

shop-walker1825

counter-jumper1829

show-woman1848

assistant1853

counterman1853

counter-skipper1858

floor-walker1876

floor manager1887

window man1887

frontsman1896

inworker1909

lot attendant1934

sales clerk1934

1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth I. iv. 110 Her eldest son..was an assistant in a draper's shop.

1908 Rep. Truck Committee (Cmd. 4442–4) 132/2 The smartest assistant is the one who can sell to customers worthless goods.

Compounds

In combinations (either as adjective, or as noun in apposition). assistant curate: see curate n. 1b; assistant master, assistant mistress (in a school); assistant professor (chiefly U.S.); assistant stage-manager.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > auxiliary or subsidiary > as assistant to a person

assistant1710

Watsonian1940

society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > assistant teacher

submasterc1450

usher1512

undermaster1561

under-usher1561

pedagogue?1566

underteacher1581

janitor1584

hypodidascal1625

under-doctora1649

assistant master1872

usheress1879

TA1969

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > assistant stage manager

assistant stage-manager1898

ASM1918

1710 London Gaz. No. 4735/3 The Office of Assistant-Master of the Ceremonies.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 289 The Assistant-Surgeon's Tent is to be pitched in its vicinity.

1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 304 In September..he received the appointment of assistant professor of mathematics.

1872 Schoolmaster 6 Jan. 4/1 Wanted..an Assistant Master, Ex P.T., for Canal-street Wesleyan Schools, Derby.

1872 Schoolmaster 6 Jan. 4/1 Wanted, in a Mixed School, an ex P.T., as Assistant Mistress.

1898 L. Merrick Actor-Manager iii. 38 He was to be described on the playbills as ‘Assistant Stage-manager’.

1902 A. C. Benson Schoolmaster 29 As to corporal punishment, the doubtful privilege of dispensing it is, at my own School, not conceded to the assistant-masters.

1905 N.Y. Evening Post 25 Dec. The additional class is that of associate professors. All assistant professors under the old order were made ‘associate’.

1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) iv. 74 All these, on the instructorial or assistant-professor level, constituted the bulk of Jocelyn's faculty.

Draft additions January 2009

Philosophy (in Aristotelian and scholastic phliosophy). Of a form (form n. 4a): being a separate entity supervening on and animating the thing it determines. Now rare (chiefly historical).Opposed to informant adj. [In form assistent, assistent form after post-classical Latin forma assistens (a1280).]

ΚΠ

1632 R. Winterton tr. J. Gerhard Golden Chaine Divine Aphorismes v. 60 Sometimes they [sc. angels] appeare in bodily shapes, and yet they are not corporeall: For they are but the Forms Assistent [L. formae assistentes] and not Forms Informant of the bodies which they assume.

1659 T. White Middle State Souls 156 They make the soul, in man, to be an actual entity, which clearly renders it assistent, not informent and constitutive of one only substance or thing.

1665 G. Havers & J. Davies tr. Another Coll. Philos. Conf. French Virtuosi cxii. 111 A Form is that which gives either Being or Motion. When it gives only Motion, 'tis call'd an Assistent Form, as that which moves the Heavens.

1710 tr. P. Bayle Hist. & Crit. Dict. I. 428/1 Divers Moderns have own'd, that according to Aristotle's Hypothesis, the Understanding of all Men is one and the same Substance, but that some among those Moderns will have it to be as an assistant form to all Men.

1890 Cent. Dict. at Informant Informant form,..a form which affects the specific essence of a thing..and is not merely extrinsically joined to it, as an assistant form, producing only motion.

1997 Early Sci. & Med. 2 260 Averroes..designated the sentient and vegetative part of the soul as an informed form, and the rational soul as an assistant form.

Draft additions June 2016

assistant referee n. Sport an official who assists the referee; esp. in Association Football one positioned on the touchline, who indicates when the ball is out of play or if a player is offside; cf. linesman n. 3.

ΚΠ

1875 Bell's Life in London 17 Mar. 5/6 Having appealed to the referee at the close of the fishing, and obtaining the same answer as I did from the assistant referee, I appeal to you to know if the referee had the power to alter the rules after the tickets had been sold.

1903 World To-day Mar. 402/2 The assistant referee shall be appointed by the referee and shall assist him in deciding questions of foul play, and shall report same to the referee.

1966 Times 30 May 4/4 After a 20-minute delay and much talk, the tournament's assistant referee finally persuaded the British pair back on court.

1994 Agence France Presse (Nexis) 25 Feb. Blatter..said that linesman [sic] had to be given increased powers and be known as assistant referees to boost their status.

2011 S. Rutherford Women's Work, Men's Cultures vii. 157 The headlines are full of the dismissal of a veteran Sky sports presenter for being caught off air ridiculing a young female assistant referee, claiming that women know nothing about the offside rule.

Draft additions March 2019

assistant bishop n. Christian Church a bishop appointed to act as an assistant to a diocesan bishop, archbishop, etc.; a suffragan or auxiliary bishop.In later use chiefly in the Anglican Church outside the Church of England (where the usual term is suffragan bishop); cf. note at suffragan n. 2.

ΚΠ

1629 A. Leighton Appeal to Parl. 40 It is cleare from the statute of Henr. 8 by which it is provided that the Archbishop cannot take to himself a suffragane or assistant Bishop..but by the Kings especiall graunt.

1713 tr. L. E. Du Pin Compend. Hist. Church II. ix. xi. 45 [Pope Nicholas I, in a letter directed to Rudolphus Archbishop of Bourges] defends the ordinations made by the Assistant-Bishops.

1826 Vermont Chron. 18 Aug. 75/1 Bishop White of Philadelphia, has called a special convention for the purpose of considering the expediency of electing an assistant Bishop.—Bishop White is aged and in feeble health.

1901 Church Missionary Rev. Apr. 265 Not till 1877 were Bishops Caldwell and Sargent consecrated as Assistant Bishops to the Bishop of Madras.

2009 S. Pickard Theol. Found. Collaborative Ministry Pref. p. vii In this book I draw upon my experience in ministries of various kinds.., in university chaplaincy.., in theological education.., and more recently as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Adelaide.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	assistant
释义	assistantadj.n. Brit. /əˈsɪst(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈsɪstnt/ Forms: Middle English–1500s assystent, Middle English–1600s assistent, 1500s– assistant. Etymology: < French assistant, present participle of assister (formerly also, as noun, assistent ), < Latin assistent-em , present participle of assistĕre to assist v. See -ant suffix¹, -ent suffix. The current spelling follows the French and not Latin analogy. A. adj. †1. Standing or remaining by, present, accompanying. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] boundc1175 present1340 towarda1375 presentlya1425 assistant1485 presentiala1500 presentaneous1668 assisting1670 standing1788 on the spot1886 on-site1939 the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [adjective] collateral1377 assistant1485 coincident1567 accompanying1600 concomitant1608 comitant1614 belonginga1616 concomitaneous1661 adjoint1727 associative1812 attended1846 herewith1917 1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 12 She rested not..to preche and enfourme them that were assistent with holy and blessid exhortacions. 1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 45 Christ hath promised in both the sacramentes to be assistant with vs. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i ii. 21 These accidents are called assistant or accompanying. 1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 42 They see the Senat assistant at the killing of a Bull on Holy-Thursday. 2. Present to help; aiding, helpful, auxiliary (to). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] lastfuleOE helpinga1300 helplya1300 helpfulc1384 assistanta1400 succourablec1400 helpyc1440 aidant1449 adjutoryc1475 subsiduous1490 aidable1509 aidinga1525 aidful1535 adjuvant1574 adjuvable1598 assistful1600 auxiliary1605 recureful1606 seconda1616 succouring1616 coadjuvanta1625 adjutant1645 adjutorious1657 assisting1659 subventive1674 relievablea1693 subventitious1693 affording1873 succourful1898 a1400 Cov. Myst. 240 But angelys were to hym assystent. c1465 Eng. Chron. (1856) 31 Stirid the peple to be assistent..to the..amendement of the myschiefs. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 378/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Which by turnes should be assistant to the quéene. c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. v. 64 The third Pair are..very assistant in the Office of Chewing. 1857 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1858) I. xvii. 56 Animals assistant to man. B. n. †1. One who is present, a bystander; one who takes part in an assembly. Usually in plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > one present at an event assistant1483 attendanta1629 assister1705 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton A iv b Thus shalt thou be honoured of thassistentis in thy companye. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. L^v The assistants grieued to see [it]. 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. vi. §41. 363 Having your Service in such a language as the Assistants generally understand not. 1769 J. Hall-Stevenson Yorick's Sentimental Journey Continued IV. 27 It is not at all astonishing that every convivial assistant should go home cherry-merry. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 11 The growing circumference was observed with astonishment by the assistants. 2. One who gives help to a person, or aids in the execution of a purpose; a helper, an auxiliary; a promoter; also, a means of help, an aid. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help redeeOE helpc893 bootOE friendOE lithc1275 helpera1300 a helping handa1300 helpingc1330 bieldc1352 succour?a1366 supplementc1384 easementa1398 succourer1442 aid?1473 assister1535 assistant?1541 adminicle1551 mystery1581 second1590 auxiliatory1599 subsidium1640 suffragan1644 facilitation1648 adminiculary1652 auxiliary1656 auxiliar1670 ally1794 Boy Scout1918 assist1954 facilitator1987 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > assistant assistant?1541 adjacent1600 help1645 helper1686 aide1762 asst1782 tenter1894 offsider1904 runabout1957 ancillary1962 gofer1967 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper helpend971 recurera1382 undertaker1382 bootc1420 profitera1425 suffrage1445 supplier1456 aidant1477 aider1483 adjutor1531 benefactor1532 assistant?1541 servant1562 aid1569 adjument1576 adjuvant1583 familiar1583 adjoint1603 opitulator1624 adjutator1832 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory help > a subsidiary help > person helpa1325 yeoman1363 suffragana1450 assistant?1541 under-minister1543 under-aid1579 under-fellowa1586 adjutant1622 deacon1642 under-builder1651 subsidiary1661 under-instrument1673 helper1686 understrappera1704 âme damnée1797 bottle holder1816 acolyte1829 cad1836 bellows-blower1865 sidekick1893 side-kicker1894 Watson1927 stooge1955 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens i. sig. Bij^v What condycions ought the assystentes..of the pacyent haue? a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 53 Those great assistants of the Reformation, Luther, and Calvin. 1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind II. 167 Make use of numbers and rhymes merely as assistants to memory. 1851 H. Spencer Social Statics v. §5 Unpractised assistants at surgical operations often faint. 3. spec. a. A deputy judge. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > deputy assistant1611 magistrate judge1849 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Assessoriat, th' office..of a Judge Laterall, Assistant, or Assesseur. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. F ^v/1 The Assistant sits to morrow. 1685 in Antiquary Oct. (1881) 149/2 M^r. Maior and 4 or 5 of y^e Aldermen, with as many of y^e assistants as please. b. An official auxiliary to the Father-General of the Jesuits. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > [noun] > Jesuit > assistant adjutant general1667 assistant1679 minister1728 1679 I. Bargrave tr. F. Micanzio Exact Discov. Myst. Iniquity 7 And there is Choice made of some other Fathers, who..are called his Assistants..One is stiled the Assistant of France, a second of Spain. †c. Obsolete name of the ‘superintendent’ among Wesleyan Methodists. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > various Christian superiors > [noun] > Methodist > Wesleyan assistanta1791 a1791 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VIII. 319 The Assistant [is] that Preacher in each Circuit who is appointed..to take charge of the societies and the other Preachers therein. d. Court of Assistants n. certain senior members who manage the affairs of the City of London Companies. ΚΠ 1829 J. B. Heath Acct. Company Grocers 27 The Courts of Assistants..were compelled to hold their meetings..at various places. e. A shop assistant (see shop n., adj., and int.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > shopkeeper > shopworkers shopman1662 window clerk1770 clerka1790 shop attendant1813 shoppie1818 shop assistant1821 shop-walker1825 counter-jumper1829 show-woman1848 assistant1853 counterman1853 counter-skipper1858 floor-walker1876 floor manager1887 window man1887 frontsman1896 inworker1909 lot attendant1934 sales clerk1934 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth I. iv. 110 Her eldest son..was an assistant in a draper's shop. 1908 Rep. Truck Committee (Cmd. 4442–4) 132/2 The smartest assistant is the one who can sell to customers worthless goods. Compounds In combinations (either as adjective, or as noun in apposition). assistant curate: see curate n. 1b; assistant master, assistant mistress (in a school); assistant professor (chiefly U.S.); assistant stage-manager. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > auxiliary or subsidiary > as assistant to a person assistant1710 Watsonian1940 society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > assistant teacher submasterc1450 usher1512 undermaster1561 under-usher1561 pedagogue?1566 underteacher1581 janitor1584 hypodidascal1625 under-doctora1649 assistant master1872 usheress1879 TA1969 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > assistant stage manager assistant stage-manager1898 ASM1918 1710 London Gaz. No. 4735/3 The Office of Assistant-Master of the Ceremonies. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 289 The Assistant-Surgeon's Tent is to be pitched in its vicinity. 1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 304 In September..he received the appointment of assistant professor of mathematics. 1872 Schoolmaster 6 Jan. 4/1 Wanted..an Assistant Master, Ex P.T., for Canal-street Wesleyan Schools, Derby. 1872 Schoolmaster 6 Jan. 4/1 Wanted, in a Mixed School, an ex P.T., as Assistant Mistress. 1898 L. Merrick Actor-Manager iii. 38 He was to be described on the playbills as ‘Assistant Stage-manager’. 1902 A. C. Benson Schoolmaster 29 As to corporal punishment, the doubtful privilege of dispensing it is, at my own School, not conceded to the assistant-masters. 1905 N.Y. Evening Post 25 Dec. The additional class is that of associate professors. All assistant professors under the old order were made ‘associate’. 1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) iv. 74 All these, on the instructorial or assistant-professor level, constituted the bulk of Jocelyn's faculty. Draft additions January 2009 Philosophy (in Aristotelian and scholastic phliosophy). Of a form (form n. 4a): being a separate entity supervening on and animating the thing it determines. Now rare (chiefly historical).Opposed to informant adj. [In form assistent, assistent form after post-classical Latin forma assistens (a1280).] ΚΠ 1632 R. Winterton tr. J. Gerhard Golden Chaine Divine Aphorismes v. 60 Sometimes they [sc. angels] appeare in bodily shapes, and yet they are not corporeall: For they are but the Forms Assistent [L. formae assistentes] and not Forms Informant of the bodies which they assume. 1659 T. White Middle State Souls 156 They make the soul, in man, to be an actual entity, which clearly renders it assistent, not informent and constitutive of one only substance or thing. 1665 G. Havers & J. Davies tr. Another Coll. Philos. Conf. French Virtuosi cxii. 111 A Form is that which gives either Being or Motion. When it gives only Motion, 'tis call'd an Assistent Form, as that which moves the Heavens. 1710 tr. P. Bayle Hist. & Crit. Dict. I. 428/1 Divers Moderns have own'd, that according to Aristotle's Hypothesis, the Understanding of all Men is one and the same Substance, but that some among those Moderns will have it to be as an assistant form to all Men. 1890 Cent. Dict. at Informant Informant form,..a form which affects the specific essence of a thing..and is not merely extrinsically joined to it, as an assistant form, producing only motion. 1997 Early Sci. & Med. 2 260 Averroes..designated the sentient and vegetative part of the soul as an informed form, and the rational soul as an assistant form. Draft additions June 2016 assistant referee n. Sport an official who assists the referee; esp. in Association Football one positioned on the touchline, who indicates when the ball is out of play or if a player is offside; cf. linesman n. 3. ΚΠ 1875 Bell's Life in London 17 Mar. 5/6 Having appealed to the referee at the close of the fishing, and obtaining the same answer as I did from the assistant referee, I appeal to you to know if the referee had the power to alter the rules after the tickets had been sold. 1903 World To-day Mar. 402/2 The assistant referee shall be appointed by the referee and shall assist him in deciding questions of foul play, and shall report same to the referee. 1966 Times 30 May 4/4 After a 20-minute delay and much talk, the tournament's assistant referee finally persuaded the British pair back on court. 1994 Agence France Presse (Nexis) 25 Feb. Blatter..said that linesman [sic] had to be given increased powers and be known as assistant referees to boost their status. 2011 S. Rutherford Women's Work, Men's Cultures vii. 157 The headlines are full of the dismissal of a veteran Sky sports presenter for being caught off air ridiculing a young female assistant referee, claiming that women know nothing about the offside rule. Draft additions March 2019 assistant bishop n. Christian Church a bishop appointed to act as an assistant to a diocesan bishop, archbishop, etc.; a suffragan or auxiliary bishop.In later use chiefly in the Anglican Church outside the Church of England (where the usual term is suffragan bishop); cf. note at suffragan n. 2. ΚΠ 1629 A. Leighton Appeal to Parl. 40 It is cleare from the statute of Henr. 8 by which it is provided that the Archbishop cannot take to himself a suffragane or assistant Bishop..but by the Kings especiall graunt. 1713 tr. L. E. Du Pin Compend. Hist. Church II. ix. xi. 45 [Pope Nicholas I, in a letter directed to Rudolphus Archbishop of Bourges] defends the ordinations made by the Assistant-Bishops. 1826 Vermont Chron. 18 Aug. 75/1 Bishop White of Philadelphia, has called a special convention for the purpose of considering the expediency of electing an assistant Bishop.—Bishop White is aged and in feeble health. 1901 Church Missionary Rev. Apr. 265 Not till 1877 were Bishops Caldwell and Sargent consecrated as Assistant Bishops to the Bishop of Madras. 2009 S. Pickard Theol. Found. Collaborative Ministry Pref. p. vii In this book I draw upon my experience in ministries of various kinds.., in university chaplaincy.., in theological education.., and more recently as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Adelaide. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.a1400
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