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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Aid

Aid, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. AIDED; p. pr. & vb. n. AIDING.] [Fr. aider, Pr. aidar, It. aitare, contracted from O. Fr. ajuder, ajuer, aixer, Pr. ajadar, Sp. ayudar, It. ajutare, from Lat. adjutare, to help; v. freq. fr. adjurare, to help; ad and juvare, to help.]

To support, either by furnishing strength or means to effect a purpose, or to prevent or remove evil; to help; to assist; as, Heaven aids those who aid themselves.

Synonyms—To help; assist; support; sustain; succor; relieve.

Aid, n.

noun

n. [Fr. aide, O. Fr. âide, aïe, Pr. ayda, ahia, It. aïta; O. Fr. ajude, ajue, aïue, aïre, Pr. ajuda, Sp. ayuda, It. ajuto, from Lat. adjūtus, a., p. of adjūvāre, to help. The A-S. aide is taken from the O. or Norm. Fr. See supra.]

  1. Help; succor; support; assistance; relief. “An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid.” Hallam.
  2. The person or thing that aids or yields support; a helper; an auxiliary. Dryden.

Let us make unto him [man] an aid like unto himself. Tobit viii. 6.

  1. (Eng. Law.) An extraordinary grant of a subsidy or tax to the king by parliament.
  2. (Feudal Law.) A pecuniary tribute (originally voluntary, afterward compulsory) paid by a vassal to his lord on certain occasions of peculiar emergency. Blackstone.
  3. An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general’s aid.

To pray in aid (Law), to call in a person interested in a title, to assist in defending it. The petition for this purpose is called aid-prayer. Cowell. Blackstone.