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assist

verb
/əˈsɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Latin assistō Old French assisterbor. Middle English assisten English assist From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb).

  1. derived from assistō — “stand at, bestand”
  2. derived from assister — “to assist, to attend”
  3. inherited from assisten

Definitions

  1. To help.

    • This book will assist you in getting your life in order.
    • Tutor feedback assists the learning process.
    • The referee seemed well placed to award the goal, but video evidence suggested the protests were well founded and the incident only strengthens the case of those lobbying for technology to assist officials.

  2. To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

  3. To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).

      • A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.

    2. To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).

      • I assisted with pleasure at the representation of several tragedies and comedies.
      • To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.

    3. A helpful action or an act of giving.

      • The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.

    4. The act of helping another player score points or goals

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Derived

assister, assistive, assistor, coassist, electroassisted, fan-assisted oven, medication-assisted treatment, nonassisted, overassist, photoassisted, unassisted, aim assist, assistful, assistless, gravitational assist, gravity assist, power assist, roadside assist, touch assist, video assist

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at assist. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at assist. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at assist

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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