v.
help by doing a share of work or by providing money or information.
n.
chiefly N. Amer. - an act of helping, especially by providing money.
- (chiefly in ice hockey, basketball, or baseball) an act of touching the ball in a play in which a teammate scores or an opposing batter is put out.
Derivative
- assister n.
- assistive adj.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. assister, from L. assistere ‘take one's stand by’.