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/ əˈsɪst / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
to be associated with as an assistant or helper.
verb (used without object) to give aid or help.
to be present, as at a meeting or ceremony.
noun Sports . Baseball .a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner. Basketball , Ice Hockey .a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal. the official credit scored for such plays. a helpful act: She finished her homework without an assist from her father.
Machinery . an electrical, hydraulic, or mechanical means of increasing power, efficiency, or ease of use: a luxury automobile equipped with assists for brakes, steering, windows, and seat adjustment.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of assist 1505–15; from Latin assistere “to stand by, help,” equivalent to as- as- + sistere “to (cause to) stand” (si- reduplicative prefix + -ste- (variant of sta- stand) + -re infinitive suffix)
SYNONYMS FOR assist 1 sustain, abet, befriend; back, promote.
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synonym study for assist 1 . See help.
OTHER WORDS FROM assist as·sist·er; Chiefly Law , as·sis·tor, noun as·sist·ive, adjective non·as·sist·er, noun o·ver·as·sist, verb
re·as·sist, verb (used with object) un·as·sist·ed, adjective un·as·sist·ing, adjective well-as·sist·ed, adjective
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Words nearby assist assimilative, ass in a sling, have one's, Assiniboin, Assiniboine, Assisi, assist , assistance, assistance animal, assistance dog, assistant, assistant professor
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In time of war the Athenians send to their foes safe conducts to induce them to assist at the celebration.
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But we had again to assist the Continent to strike the fetters off.
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Executiveness is required to assist authority and give resistance.
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The son's intimacy did not, however, assist the father; so that at last Maisons made M. le Duc d'Orleans speak to me himself.
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British Dictionary definitions for assist verb to give help or support to (a person, cause, etc); aid
to work or act as an assistant or subordinate to (another)
ice hockey to help (a team-mate) to score, as by passing the puck
(intr foll by at ) archaic to be present; attend
noun US and Canadian the act of helping; aid; assistance
baseball the act of a player who throws or deflects a batted ball in such a way that a team is enabled to put out an opponent
sport a pass or other action by a player which enables another player to score a goal a credit given for such an action SEE MORE SEE LESS
Derived forms of assist assister , noun Word Origin for assist C15: from French assister to be present, from Latin assistere to stand by, from sistere to cause to stand, from stāre to stand
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