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aid
 
PRONUNCIATION:  d
INTRANSITIVE & TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: aid·ed, aid·ing, aids
To help or furnish with help, support, or relief. See synonyms at help.
NOUN:1. The act or result of helping; assistance. 2a. An assistant or helper. b. A device that assists: visual aids such as slides. c. A hearing aid. 3. An aide or aide-de-camp. 4. A monetary payment to a feudal lord by a vassal in medieval England.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English aiden, from Old French aider, from Latin aditre, frequentative of adiuvre, to help : ad-, to; see ad- in Appendix I + iuvre, to help.
OTHER FORMS:aider —NOUN
 
 
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