assist

1. v. t. To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor. Source: opted

2. v. i. To lend aid; to help. Source: opted

3. v. i. To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting. Source: opted

4. n. the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose Source: wordnet

5. n. (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play Source: wordnet

6. v. give help or assistance; be of service Source: wordnet

7. v. act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function Source: wordnet

8. v. work for, or be a servant to Source: wordnet

9. 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! Shak. Syn. -- To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help. 1. To lend aid; to help. With God not parted from him, as was feared, But favoring and assisting to the end. Milton. 2. To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting. [A Gallicism] Gibbon. Prescott. Source: webster

10. To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time ofdistress; to help; to aid; to succor.Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak. Source: adambom

11. n:4/v:96 n. (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play v. act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function Source: ecdict

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