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aid Audio Help   (ād) Pronunciation Key
intr. & tr.v.   aid·ed, aid·ing, aids
To help or furnish with help, support, or relief. See Synonyms at help.

n.

The act or result of helping; assistance.
1. An assistant or helper.
2. A device that assists: visual aids such as slides.
3. A hearing aid.
An aide or aide-de-camp.
A monetary payment to a feudal lord by a vassal in medieval England.

[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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