p. pr. ad + juvare to
help. Cf. Adjutant.) To support, either by furnishing strength
or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to
remove evil; to help; to assist.
You speedy helpers . . .
Appear and aid me in this enterprise.
Shak.
Syn. -- To help; assist; support; sustain; succor; relieve;
befriend; cooperate; promote. See Help.
aid , n. (F. aide, OF.aide, aie, fr. the verb. See Aid, v.
t.) 1. Help; succor; assistance;
relief.
An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid.
Hallam.
2. The person or thing that promotes or helps in
something done; a helper; an assistant.
It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto
him an aid like unto himself.
Tobit viii. 6.
3. (Eng. Hist.) A subsidy granted to the
king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.
4. (Feudal Law) A pecuniary tribute paid by
a vassal to his lord on special occasions. Blackstone.
5. An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a
generals aid.
Aid prayer (Law), a proceeding by which a
defendant beseeches and claims assistance from some one who has a further
or more permanent interest in the matter in suit. -- To pray
in aid, to beseech and claim such assistance.
