Reassist


[uh-sist] /əˈsɪst/

verb (used with object)
1.
to give support or aid to; help:
Please assist him in moving the furniture.
2.
to be associated with as an or helper.
verb (used without object)
3.
to give aid or help.
4.
to be present, as at a meeting or ceremony.
noun
5.
Sports.

6.
a helpful act:
She finished her homework without an assist from her father.
7.
Machinery. an electrical, hydraulic, or mechanical means of increasing power, efficiency, or ease of use:
a luxury automobile equipped with assists for brakes, steering, windows, and seat adjustment.
/əˈsɪst/
verb
1.
to give help or support to (a person, cause, etc); aid
2.
to work or act as an assistant or subordinate to (another)
3.
(hockey:Ice) to help (a team-mate) to score, as by passing the puck
4.
(archaic) (intransitive) foll by at. to be present; attend
noun
5.
(US & Canadian) the act of helping; aid; assistance
6.
(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
7.
(sport)

v.

early 15c., from Middle French assister “to stand by, help, put, place, assist” (14c.), from Latin assistere “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: Assisted; assisting. Medical assisted suicide attested from 1884.
n.

1570s, “an act of assistance,” from assist (v.). In the sporting sense attested 1877 in baseball, 1925 in ice hockey.

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