As*sist" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Assisted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Assisting.] [L. assistere; ad + sistere to
cause to stand, to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F.
assister. See Stand.] To give support to in some
undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to
succor.
Assist me, knight. I am undone!
Shak.
Syn. -- To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor;
befriend; sustain; favor. See Help.
As*sist", v. i. 1. To
lend aid; to help.
With God not parted from him, as was feared,
But favoring and assisting to the end.
Milton.
2. To be present as a spectator; as, to
assist at a public meeting. [A Gallicism] Gibbon.
Prescott.
