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as⋅sist

  [uh-sist]
Use assisting in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
2. to be associated with as an assistant or helper.
–verb (used without object)
3. to give aid or help.
4. to be present, as at a meeting or ceremony.
–noun
5. Sports.
a. Baseball. a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner.
b. Basketball, Ice Hockey. a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal.
c. the official credit scored for such plays.
6. a helpful act: She finished her homework without an assist from her father.
7. 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.
Origin:
1505–15; < L assistere to stand by, help, equiv. to as- as- + sistere to (cause to) stand (si- reduplicative prefix + -ste- (var. of sta- stand ) + -re inf. suffix)

Related forms:
as⋅sist⋅er; Chiefly Law, as⋅sis⋅tor, noun
as⋅sist⋅ive, adjective

Synonyms:
1. sustain, abet, befriend; back, promote. See help.

Antonyms:
1. hinder, frustrate.
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as·sist   (ə-sĭst')   
v.   as·sist·ed, as·sist·ing, as·sists

v.   tr.
To give help or support to, especially as a subordinate or supplement; aid: The clerk assisted the judge by looking up related precedents. Her breathing was assisted by a respirator.
v.   intr.
  1. To give aid or support. See Synonyms at help.
  2. To be present, as at a conference.
n.  
  1. An act of giving aid; help.
  2. Sports
    1. A fielding and throwing of a baseball in such a way that enables a teammate to put out a runner.
    2. A pass, as in basketball or ice hockey, that enables the receiver to score a goal.
    3. Official credit that is given for such a pass.
  3. A mechanical device providing aid.

[Middle English assisten, from Old French assister, from Latin assistere : ad-, ad- + sistere, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
as·sist'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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