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   Aid , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aided ; p. pr. & vb. n. Aiding.] [F. aider, OF. aidier, fr. L. adjutare to help, freq. of adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help. Cf. Adjutant.] To support, either by furnishing strength or means in coöperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.
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   You speedy helpers . . . 
   Appear and aid me in this enterprise.
   Shak.
   
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   Syn. -- To help; assist; support; sustain; succor; relieve; befriend; coöperate; promote. See Help.
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   Aid, n. [F. aide, OF. aïde, aïe, fr. the verb. See Aid, v. t.]
   Help; succor; assistance; relief.
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   An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid.
   Hallam.
   
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   The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant.
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   It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself.
   Tobit viii. 6.
   
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   (Eng. Hist.) A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.
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   (Feudal Law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.
   Blackstone.
   
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   An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.
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   Aid prayer (Law), a proceeding by which a defendant beseeches and claims assistance from some one who has a further or more permanent interest in the matter in suit. -- To pray in aid, to beseech and claim such assistance.
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