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aid 
[eyd] Pronunciation Key
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[eyd] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire. |
| 2. | to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate. |
| 3. | to give help or assistance. |
| 4. | help or support; assistance. |
| 5. | a person or thing that aids or furnishes assistance; helper; auxiliary. |
| 6. | aids, Manège.
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| 7. | aide-de-camp. |
| 8. | foreign aid. |
| 9. | a payment made by feudal vassals to their lord on special occasions. |
| 10. | English History. (after 1066) any of several revenues received by a king in the Middle Ages from his vassals and other subjects, limited by the Magna Charta to specified occasions. |
[Origin: 1375–1425; (n.) late ME ayde < AF, OF aide, n. deriv. of aid(i)er < L adjūtāre to help (freq. of adjuvāre), equiv. to ad- ad- + -jū- help + -t- freq. suffix + -āre inf. suffix; (v.) < AF, OF aid(i)er < L, as above]
] —Related forms
aider, noun
aidful, adjective
aidless, adjective
—Antonyms 2. hinder, frustrate.
—Usage note Although the nouns aid and aide both have among their meanings “an assisting person,” the spelling aide is increasingly used for the sense “helper, assistant”: One of the senator's aides is calling. Aide in military use is short for aide-de-camp. It is also the spelling in nurse's aide.
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AID
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[eyd] Pronunciation Key –noun U.S. Government.
| the division of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency that coordinates the various foreign aid programs with U.S. foreign policy: established in 1961. |
[Origin: A(gency for) I(nternational) D(evelopment)]
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AID
| 1. | American Institute of Decorators. |
| 2. | American Institute of Interior Designers. |
| 3. | Also, A.I.D. British. artificial insemination donor. |
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| aid
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intr. & tr.v. aid·ed, aid·ing, aids To help or furnish with help, support, or relief. See Synonyms at help. n.
[Middle English aiden, from Old French aider, from Latin adiūtāre, frequentative of adiuvāre, to help : ad-, to; see ad- in Indo-European roots + iuvāre, to help.] aid'er n. |
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aid (n.)
aid (n.)
1475, "help, assistance," from O.Fr. aide, earlier aiudha, from L.L. adjuta, from fem. pp. of L. adiuvare (pp. adiutus) "to give help to," from ad- "to" + juvare "to help," of unknown origin. The verb is 1483, from O.Fr. aidier, from L. adjutare, freq. of adiuvare. Meaning "thing by which assistance is given" is recorded from 1597. Meaning "material help given by one country to another" is from 1940.
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aid (v.)
aid (v.)
1483, from O.Fr. aidier, from L. adjutare, freq. of adjuvare (pp. adjutus) "give help to," from ad- "to" + juvare "to help," of unknown origin.
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| aid | |
noun | |
| 1. | a resource; "visual aids in teaching" |
| 2. | the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" |
| 3. | money to support a worthy person or cause |
| 4. | the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention" [syn: care] |
verb | |
| 1. | give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house" [syn: help] |
| 2. | improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" [syn: help] |
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AID abbr.
artificial insemination donor
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Main Entry: 1aid
Function: transitive verb
: to provide with what is useful in achieving an endaid draft resisters —K. A. Cohen> —often used in the phrase aid and abet; —see also ABET intransitive verb : to be of use <aided in the commission of the crime> —aid·er noun
Main Entry: 1aid
Function: transitive verb
: to provide with what is useful in achieving an end
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Main Entry: 2aid
Function: noun
1 : an act of aidingaid to the principal>
2 : help given; especially : tangible means of assistance (as money or supplies) <aid to the disabled>aid and comfort to the enemy>
Main Entry: 2aid
Function: noun
1 : an act of aiding
2 : help given; especially : tangible means of assistance (as money or supplies) <aid to the disabled>
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Aid
Aid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aided; p. pr. & vb. n. Aiding.] [F. aider, OF. aidier, fr. L. adjutare to help, freq. of adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help. Cf. Adjutant.] To support, either by furnishing strength or means in co["o]peration to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist. You speedy helpers . . . Appear and aid me in this enterprise. --Shak. Syn: To help; assist; support; sustain; succor; relieve; befriend; co["o]perate; promote. See Help.
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Aid\, n. [F. aide, OF. a["i]de, a["i]e, fr. the verb. See Aid, v. t.]1. Help; succor; assistance; relief. An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. --Hallam. 2. The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant. It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself. --Tobit viii. 6. 3. (Eng. Hist.) A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan. 4. (Feudal Law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions. --Blackstone. 5. An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid. Aid prayer (Law), a proceeding by which a defendant beseeches and claims assistance from some one who has a further or more permanent interest in the matter in suit. To pray in aid, to beseech and claim such assistance.
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| AID Agency for International Development |
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