Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who stands by; one who takes part in anything, as a public ceremony or assembly.
- noun An assistant.
- noun Also spelled
assistor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An assistant; a helper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
assists ; anassistant orhelper .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Page 3. 13. assister à l’agonie: note _assister à qc. _, ‘to be present at something’; _assister qn. _, to help some one.’
Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant Alphonse Daudet 1868
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Much like Alex Hleb, the French star rarely feeds the goalscorer directly but he often makes life easier for the 'assister' with a defence-splitting pass in the final third.
Arsenal FC News Feed 2009
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"assister," neither could nor ought to dismiss from your thoughts.
Autobiographical Sketches Thomas De Quincey 1822
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It is then brought before the director for public prosecutions who decides whether the assister was motivated by compassion or not, in accordance with his guidelines.
Assisted dying: we need a more humane law | Charles Falconer 2012
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A cette époque on pouvait, peu avant midi, assister au ballet des casseroles et des plats.
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Our framework proposes that a person who has an illness from which two doctors consider he or she will die within 12 months, could receive assistance from their doctor to end their life if certain stringent safeguards were met, without the assister committing a crime.
Assisted dying: we need a more humane law | Charles Falconer 2012
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A cette époque on pouvait, peu avant midi, assister au ballet des casseroles et des plats.
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Then there's: assister - to attend (as in a meeting)
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Now I see that Jackie already addressed assister and was more correct to say "assister à."
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The other great assister in this regard is life: as in experience, growth and improvement.
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