assistere — meaning in English

English meaning

• assist verb To help someone do something.
• help verb To provide assistance to someone or something.
• relieve verb To ease or reduce pain, distress, or worry.
• witness noun A person who sees an event happen and can describe it afterward.

Senses

assistere is used for these senses in English:

• help (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
• relieve (transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty). [from 14th c.]
• relieve (legal) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to. [from 15th c.]
• turn out (intransitive, idiomatic, copulative) To end up; to result.
• witness (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.

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.

help — full definition

1. verb To provide assistance to someone or something.
2. noun Assistance or aid given to accomplish something.
3. verb To avoid or refrain from (usually with "can't").
4. intj A cry used to call for urgent assistance.

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