单词 | assister |
释义 | assistern. 1. He who is present at or takes part in an assembly, ceremony, etc. archaic. (Cf. assist v. 4a, 4b.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > one present at an event assistant1483 attendanta1629 assister1705 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > one who engages in an activity or occupation > one who takes part in an activity partner1503–4 assister1705 participator1880 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 34 The Assisters at this Ceremony. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 68 The numerous assembly of Bishops who are upon record, as assisters at the African Councils. 1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 208 The lay spectator or ‘assister’. 2. He who or that which gives help, or assists in doing something; = assistant adj. 2. 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 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 248 That he sould be assistar to that cryme. a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman ii. iii. 174 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) You May be a great assister in my ends. 1681 Philos. Coll. (Royal Soc.) No. 2. 23 The natural heat that is..the constant assister of this motion. 1721 J. Swift Bubble xxix We gentlemen are your assisters. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights III. 239 A lover unto whom there is no assister or helper save the morning. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1535 |
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