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avustaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abet verb To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
  • assist verb To help someone do something.
  • encourage verb To give someone confidence, support, or hope.
  • relieve verb To ease or reduce pain, distress, or worry.
  • serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
  • support noun Help, encouragement or resources given to someone or something.
  • tutor noun A person who teaches a student individually or in a small group, often privately.

Senses

avustaa is used for these senses in English:

  • abet (transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470]
  • encourage To foster, give help or patronage.
  • relieve (transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty). [from 14th c.]
  • serve (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]
  • serve (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of. [from 14th c.]
  • support (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
  • tutor (transitive) To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.

abet — full definition

  1. verb To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
  2. verb To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action).
  3. verb To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
  4. verb To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.

assist — full definition

  1. verb To help someone do something.
  2. noun In sports, a pass or action that directly leads to a teammate scoring.

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