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assist
as·sist / əˈsist/ • v. [tr.] help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work: a senior academic would assist him in his work [intr.] their presence would assist in keeping the peace. ∎ help by providing money or information: they were assisting police with their inquiries | [intr.] funds to assist with capital investment. ∎ [intr.] be present as a helper or spectator: two midwives who assisted at a water birth. • n. an act of help, typically by providing money: the budget must have an assist from tax policies. ∎ (chiefly in ice hockey, basketball, or baseball) the act of touching the puck or ball in a play in which a teammate scores or an opposing batter is put out. ∎ [in comb.] a mechanical device that provides help: the implant is a ventricular-assist device. DERIVATIVES: as·sist·er n. |
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"assist." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "assist." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-assist.html "assist." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-assist.html |
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assist †give help to XV; help; †stand near XVI; be present at XVII. — F. assister — L. assistere, f. AS- + sistere take one's stand.
So assistance XIV. — F. — medL. assistentia. assistant XV. — F. — medL. assistēns, -ent-, prp. of assistere. |
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T. F. HOAD. "assist." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "assist." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-assist.html T. F. HOAD. "assist." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-assist.html |
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•assist, cist, coexist, consist, cyst, desist, enlist, exist, fist, gist, grist, hist, insist, list, Liszt, mist, persist, resist, schist, subsist, tryst, twist, whist, wist, wrist
•Dadaist • deist • fideist • Hebraist
•Mithraist • essayist • prosaist
•hobbyist, lobbyist
•Trotskyist • boniest • copyist • veriest
•pantheist • atheist • polytheist
•monotheist
•Maoist, Taoist
•oboist • egoist • jingoist • banjoist
•soloist • Titoist • Shintoist
•canoeist, tattooist, Uist
•voodooist • altruist • casuist
•euphuist • Lamaist • vibist • cubist
•Arabist • faddist • propagandist
•contrabandist • avant-gardist • eldest
•sadist • encyclopedist
•immodest, modest
•Girondist • keyboardist
•harpsichordist • nudist • Buddhist
•unprejudiced • Talmudist
•psalmodist • threnodist • hymnodist
•monodist • chiropodist • parodist
•heraldist • rhapsodist • prosodist
•Methodist • absurdist
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"assist." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "assist." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-assist.html "assist." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-assist.html |
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