Assistor
to give support or aid to; help:
please -ssist him in moving the furniture.
to be -ssociated with as an or helper.
to give aid or help.
to be present, as at a meeting or ceremony.
sports.
baseball. a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner.
basketball, ice hockey. a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal.
the official credit scored for such plays.
a helpful act:
she finished her homework without an -ssist from her father.
machinery. an electrical, hydraulic, or mechanical means of increasing power, efficiency, or ease of use:
a luxury automobile equipped with -ssists for brakes, steering, windows, and seat adjustment.
verb
to give help or support to (a person, cause, etc); aid
to work or act as an -ssistant or subordinate to (another)
(hockey:ice) to help (a team-mate) to score, as by p-ssing the puck
(archaic) (intransitive) foll by at. to be present; attend
noun
(us & canadian) the act of helping; aid; -ssistance
(baseball) the act of a player who throws or deflects a batted ball in such a way that a team is enabled to put out an opponent
(sport)
a p-ss or other action by a player which enables another player to score a goal
a credit given for such an action
v.
early 15c., from middle french -ssister “to stand by, help, put, place, -ssist” (14c.), from latin -ssistere “stand by, take a stand near, attend,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + sistere “take a stand, cause to stand,” from pie -siste-, reduplicated form of root -sta- “to stand” (see stet). related: -ssisted; -ssisting. medical -ssisted suicide attested from 1884.
n.
1570s, “an act of -ssistance,” from -ssist (v.). in the sporting sense attested 1877 in baseball, 1925 in ice hockey.
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