English

Etymology

French aider , OF. aidier, fr. Latin adjutare to help, freq. of adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help. compare with Adjutant.

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /eːd/

Transitive Verb

aid

1. To support, either by furnishing strength or means in co["o]peration 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.

Synonyms

To help; assist; support; sustain; succor ; relieve; befriend; cooperate; promote.

Translations

to support

Noun

aid

1. Help; succor; assistance; relief.

   An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. --Hallam.

2. The person that promotes or helps in something being 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. The thing that promotes or helps in something being done;
4. An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.
5. (Eng. Hist.) A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.
6. (Feudal Law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions. --Blackstone.

Translations

help; succor; assistance; relief

a person that promotes or helps in something being done; a helper

a thing that promotes or helps in something being done

An aid-de-camp