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Pronunciation : Aid
Part of Speech : v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aided; p. pr. & vb. n. Aiding.]
Etymology : [F. aider, OF. aidier, fr. L. adjutare to help, freq. of adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help. Cf. Adjutant.]
Definition : Defn: To support, either by furnishing strength or means in co?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?perate; promote. See Help.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Aid
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. aide, OF. a?de, a?e, fr. the verb. See Aid, v. t.]
Definition : 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.)

Defn: A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.

4. (Feudal Law)

Defn: 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913