assist

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Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden nice article but i am not sure to give henry lee the assist is the crorect term. having watched a mass amount of court tv including stuff on both baden and lee and i think colaboration is more the term i think is in order. both are incredible men.

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  1. transitive verb To give help or support to, especially as a subordinate or supplement; aid: The clerk assisted the judge by looking up related precedents. Her breathing was assisted by a respirator.
  2. intransitive verb To give aid or support. See Synonyms at help.
  3. intransitive verb To be present, as at a conference.
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  • Both Anders and Tholan, I noted, set theirs to about a third-assist, which is where I set mine. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • Roy also added an assist, and Thomas Vanek and Drew Stafford each had two assists. —  post-gazette.com - News
  • Bruno Guarda was awarded the assist, his first MLS point for his first start. —  PegasusNews.com stories
  • (AP) Rookie Bobby Ryan had a goal and an assist, and Jonas Hiller made 29 saves in the Anaheim Ducks '2-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Sunday night.
  • ANAHEIM - Rookie Bobby Ryan had a goal and an assist, and Jonas Hiller made 29 saves in the Anaheim Ducks '2-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Sunday night. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English assisten, from Old French assister, from Latin assistere : ad-, ad- + sistere, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French assister (= Spanish asistir = Portuguese assistir = Italian assistere), help, attend, etc., from Latin assistere, stand at or by, from ad, at, to, + sistere, place, stand, a redupl. form of stare, stand: see stand. Cf. consist, desist, insist, persist, resist.
 

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