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Assisting

Assist \As*sist"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Assisting.] [L. assistere; ad + sistere to cause to stand, to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. assister. See Stand.] To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

Assist me, knight. I am undone!
--Shak.

Syn: To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help.

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assisting

vb. (present participle of assist English)

Usage examples of "assisting".

The old man, the woman assisting him, hobbled forward as rapidly as he could with a badly twisted leg.

She went about her business in the medical center, assisting other medical personnel with ongoing research which the colony had approved.

Lunzie would be assisting him from time to time and had no problem with that duty.

The two managed, with Bonnard assisting in the directions since he'd been outside.

Chaumel said, assisting the tall girl down the ramp and onto his chariot.

A servant was just assisting the removal of his elegant blue suede long coat while a second man was also shrugging, unas sisted, out of his own outerwear.

In the mornings while she was assisting Siglen, teleporting basic supplies to the outlying Claims, Gerolaman had the rest of them doing exercises she'd long learned and passed beyond.

The Rowan had never had to work micro before and she found the exercise far more exhausting than assisting Siglen.

Even with her assisting Rakella's kinetic manipulations, it hadn't been an easy ten minutes for Jeff.

So she settled in her capsule and calmly waited for the generators to hit the proper revolutions before she, with Afra and Mick assisting, 'ported to Deneb.

Especially since Captain Dahl proved so capable in assisting me with the cruiser drive.

When she found them in the hall, she tried to wrench herself out of Trag's grasp but there was someone else by then, assisting Trag and between the two of them, she was wrestled into the lift.

Can you see your way clear to assisting in the Sorting Shed until the woman's less tentative?

With Biyanco carefully assisting her, she freed the crystal of its brackets, cradling it tenderly in her hands.

Then he was assisting her into a laboratory, flicking up lights, and settling her onto a nearby stool before he sprang across the room to the large array of cabinets there.