aid
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Old French aïde, from Latin adiuvō (“‘to assist, help’”).
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aid (plural aids)
- Help assistance; succor, relief.
- An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. - Hallam
- The person who promotes or helps in something being 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
- Something which helps; a material source of help.
- The incompetent general's brilliant aid often made priceless suggestions.
- (British) A historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort
- (British) An exchequer loan.
- (law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation
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help; succor; assistance; relief
a person that promotes or helps in something being done; a helper
something which helps; a material source of help
Exchequer loan
aide-de-camp — see aide-de-camp
[edit] Etymology 2
From Old French aïder (modern aider), from Latin adjutare, frequentative of adjuvare "to assist".
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to aid (third-person singular simple present aids, present participle aiding, simple past and past participle aided)
- (transitive) To (give) support (to); to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
- You speedy helpers... Appear and aid me in this enterprise. - Shakespeare
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to support
