aid

Help; assistance; succor, relief.

He came to my aid when I was foundering.

An unconstitutional method of obtaining aid.

A helper; an assistant.

It is not good that man should bee alone, let vs make vnto him an aide like to himselfe.

Something which helps; a material source of help.

Slimming aids include dietary supplements and appetite suppressants.

The human is so poorly designed for aquatic adventures that he cannot even see in the water without artificial aids.

An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.

In this parliament was granted to the king for defence against the Scots two aids and two quindecims, the which two aids did not extend over two quindecims.

An exchequer loan.

To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.

You speedy helpers […] Appear and aid me in this enterprise.

Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin, time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg.

To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.

Rather than climb into a bottomless off-width crack, we aided an 80-foot A2 to A3 crack to the top of a pedestal. By very tenuous face climbing, we gained entry to the crack, which we followed to a tree beneath the big chimney.

Initialism of artificial insemination by donor.

Here is the first book to thoroughly look at topics such as the social and personal aspects of lesbian motherhood; the implications of AID; and how children feel about growing up with lesbian mothers.