to give support to (someone to do something); help or assist
2. (transitive)
to assist financially
noun
3.
assistance; help; support
4.
a person, device, etc, that helps or assists
a teaching aid
5. Also: artificial aid mountaineering
any of various devices such as piton or nut when used as a direct help in the ascent
6.
(in medieval Europe; in England after 1066) a feudal payment made to the king or any lord by his vassals, usually on certain occasions such as the marriage of a daughter or the knighting of an eldest son
7. in aid of
Derived forms
aider (ˈaider)
noun
Word origin
C15: via Old French aidier from Latin adjūtāre to help, from juvāre to help
Examples of 'artificial aid' in a sentence
artificial aid
Many new arrivals are carried or crawl there on their hands and knees, but after treatment some can walk, albeit with artificial aids.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
And given the way technology has been creeping into angling of late, what artificial aids would be allowed and what would not?