AID
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Aid (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aided (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Aiding.] [F. aider, OF. aidier, fr. L. adjutare to help, freq. of adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help. Cf. Adjutant.] To support, either by furnishing strength or means in co&ö;peration to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.
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You speedy helpers . . .
Appear and aid me in this enterprise.
Shak.
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Syn. -- To help; assist; support; sustain; succor; relieve; befriend; co&ö;perate; promote. See Help.
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Aid, n. [F. aide, OF. a&ï;de, a&ï;e, fr. the verb. See Aid, v. t.] 1. Help; succor; assistance; relief.
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An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid.
Hallam.
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2. The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant.
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It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself.
Tobit viii. 6.
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3. (Eng. Hist.) A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.
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4. (Feudal Law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions. Blackstone.
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5. An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.
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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.
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