assist
/əˈsɪst/ verb B1- To help. · This book will assist you in getting your life in order.· Tutor feedback assists the learning process.
- To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
- To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
He/she/it assists · Past assisted · Past participle assisted · -ing form assisting
Verb forms
- Base form
- assist
- He/she/it
- assists
- Past
- assisted
- Past participle
- assisted
- -ing form
- assisting
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If I had only been willing to assist the Ass a little in his need, I should not now be bearing, together with his burden, himself as well.”
A MAN had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a Housedog, taught to watch the house.
The Hound, feeling much aggrieved at this, reproached his companion, saying, “It is very hard to have all this labor, while you, who do not assist in the chase, luxuriate on the fruits of my exertions.” The Housedog replied, “Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others.”
The Lion agreed to assist the Wild Ass with his strength, while the Wild Ass gave the Lion the benefit of his greater speed.
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