Help
Definition of Help
Pronunciation: hĕlp | v. t. | 1. | To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; - the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, "Help me scale yon balcony." | | 2. | To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. | | 3. | To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of avail against; - sometimes with of before a word designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such a word for the direct object. | | 4. | To change for the better; to remedy. | | 5. | To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it? | | 6. | To forbear; to avoid. | | 7. | To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food. | | v. i. | 1. | To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist. | | n. | 1. | | | 1. | Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars. | | 2. | Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it. | | 3. | A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business. | | 4. | Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. |
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