单词 | assisting |
释义 | assistingn. The action or process of assisting (in various senses of the verb); assistance. Also: the action of performing the duties of an assistant (sometimes preceded by specifying word). Cf. assist n. ΘΚΠ 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 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. x. f. 220v [They were]..criyng out to the multitude for the assistyng of the commune welth, in aydynge of the newe Kynge. 1620 H. Wotton Let. 7 Sept. (modernized text) in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 192 That King's conscientious ends in the assisting of the Emperor. 1755 World 31 July 813 Propose to him the assisting at a quarter-sessions, he is engaged at a cock-match. 1796 Z. Swift Syst. Laws Connecticut II. v. vi. 316 It was contended that the aiding and assisting, related only to the making of the instruments and did not extend to the counterfeiting. 1844 Proc. Gen. Assembly Free Church Scotl. 205 These duties which I have named, such as..the assisting of students. 1909 Proc. Amer. Street & Interurban Railway Transportation & Traffic Assoc. 198 The assisting of elderly and feeble persons, etc., from the cars. 1921 Official Bull. Chicago Dental Soc. 20 Sept. 22/1 (advt.) Position wanted—Young lady experienced in surgical and dental assisting. 1995 J. Miller Voxpop iii. 52 They try and show you everything about film-making—camera, lights, sound, directing, scriptwriting, assisting. 2009 J. Kellerman True Detectives x. 86 My CV includes teaching preschool, executive assisting, interior designing, house-sitting, and..waitressing. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). assistingadj.ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] yhendeeOE nighOE hendc1175 nearc1400 propinquec1487 assisting1579 neighbour1579 propinquant1633 near-acquainted1639 indistant1644 nearhand1653 adjourning1816 propinquousa1832 nearby1858 propinquitous1867 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 300 Fontearaby with the other places assisting vppon the Occean sea. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] boundc1175 present1340 towarda1375 presentlya1425 assistant1485 presentiala1500 presentaneous1668 assisting1670 standing1788 on the spot1886 on-site1939 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. xii. 647 After midnight, the Duchess..got up to be assisting at this Holy Ceremony. 3. Giving aid, helpful, auxiliary (to). archaic. 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 1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 82 Gods assisting spirit. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3815/2 The Assisting Ships shall have no greater Shares..than has been accustomed. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams III. i. 13 These men might be in some way assisting to me. 1804 W. Mitford Inq. Princ. Harmony Lang. (ed. 2) Through means of an assisting power. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1553adj.1579 |
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