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Assist   /əsˈɪst/   Listen
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Assist  v. t.  (past & past part. assisted; pres. part. assisting)  To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor. "Assist me, knight. I am undone!"
Synonyms: To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help.


Assist  v. i.  
1.
To lend aid; to help. "With God not parted from him, as was feared, But favoring and assisting to the end."
2.
To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting. (A Gallicism)





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... 1836, when Louis Napoleon in secret entered Strasburg, he was surprised and disappointed to find that those on whom he had counted to assist him in making the important "first step" in his career, were very doubtful of its prudence. He had counted on the co-operation of General Voirol, an old soldier of the Empire who was in command of the Department in which Strasburg was situated; but ...
— France in the Nineteenth Century • Elizabeth Latimer
... assist? By so teaching that reading becomes an inspiration in itself; that only mastery contents; that beauty, high sentiment, lofty ideals may be found and followed; by making the reading recitation the one delightful hour of ...
— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 - The Guide • Charles Herbert Sylvester
... great church in the very middle of the mosque. The story of this vandalism is somewhat quaint, and one detail at least affords a suggestion that might prove useful in the present time; for the Town Council of Cordova menaced with death all who should assist in the work: one imagines that a similar threat from the Lord Mayor of London might have a salutary effect upon the restorers of Westminster Abbey or the decorators of St. Paul's. How very much more entertaining must ...
— The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia • William Somerset Maugham
... from exile and was carrying all before him; supported by Richard's (p. 045) most powerful subjects, now in open rebellion against his authority; and encouraged by the Archbishop, who in the Pope's name preached plenary absolution and a place in paradise to all who would assist the duke to recover his just rights from his unjust sovereign. The King grew pale at this news, and instantly resolved to return to England on the Monday following. But the Duke of Albemarle advised that unhappy monarch, fatally for his ...
— Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 - Memoirs of Henry the Fifth • J. Endell Tyler
... melancholy, came stealing through the windows. And with that the guests began to take their departure. It was a most sour and uncomfortable retreat. Caroline Hequet, annoyed at the loss of her night, announced that it was high time to be off unless you were anxious to assist at some pretty scenes. Rose pouted as if her womanly character had been compromised. It was always so with these girls; they didn't know how to behave and were guilty of disgusting conduct when they made their first ...
— Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille • Emile Zola


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