KJV Dictionary Definition: assist

assist

ASSIST', v.t. L. assisto, of ad and sisto, to stand up; English, to stand by.

To help; to aid; to succor; to give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress.

ASSIST', v.i. To lend aid.

assistance

ASSIST'ANCE, n. Help; aid; furtherance; succor; a contribution of support in bodily strength or other means.

assistant

ASSIST'ANT, a. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

ASSIST'ANT, n. One who aids, or who contributes his strength or other means to further the designs of welfare of another; an auxiliary.

assisted

ASSIST'ED, pp. Helped; aided.

assister

ASSIST'ER, n. One that lends aid.

assisting

ASSIST'ING, ppr. Helping; aiding; supporting with strength or means.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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