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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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250 words match “ASSIST”

SUFFRAGATOR n.
One who assists or favors by his vote. [Obs.]
SUFFRAGE n.
Aid; assistance. [A Latinism] [Obs.]
SUPERADVENIENT a.
Coming upon; coming in addition to, or in assistance of, something. [R.] He has done bravely by the superadvenient assistance of his God. Dr. H. More.
SUPPLIANCE n.
That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction. [R.] The perfume and suppliance of a minute. Shak.
SUPPORT v. 3 definitions
To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.
TAKE v.
. . . takes up seven years." Dryden. (n) To receive, accept, or adopt for the purpose of assisting; to espouse the cause of; to favor. Ps. xxvii.
TEND v.
To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks. Shak. And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their earthly charge. Milton. There 's not a sparrow or a wren, There 's not a blade of autumn grain, Which the four seasons do not tend…
TENTER n.
One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
THERMOSIPHON n.
An arrangement of siphon tubes for assisting circulation in a liquid.
THREADER n.
A device for assisting in threading a needle.
TOPOLOGY n.
The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. [R.]
TRAILING n.
fixed in the axle box of the trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. Weale. -- Trailing wheel, a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a carriage.
TUMPLINE n.
A strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him in carrying a pack on his back. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.
UNDERBUILDER n.
A subordinate or assistant builder. An underbuilder in the house of God. Jer. Taylor.
UNDERFARMER n.
An assistant farmer.
UNDERHANGMAN n.
An assistant or deputy hangman. Shak.
UNDERLABORER n.
An assistant or subordinate laborer. Locke.
UNDERMASTER n.
A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant master.
UNDERSECRETARY n.
A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
UNDERTAPSTER n.
Assistant to a tapster.
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