What does "assist" mean?
Assist: To lend aid; to help. With God not parted from him, as was feared, But favoring and assisting to the end. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting. [A Gallicism] Gibbon. Prescott.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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