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Definitions for Aiding

[1] to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
[2] to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate.
[3] to give help or assistance.
[4] help or support; assistance.
[5] a person or thing that aids or furnishes assistance; helper; auxiliary.
[6] aids, Manège . Also called natural aids. the means by which a rider communicates with and controls a horse, as the hands, legs, voice, and shifts in weight. Also called artificial aids. the devices by means of which a rider increases control of a horse, as spurs, whip, and martingale.
[7] aide-de-camp.
[8] foreign aid.
[9] a payment made by feudal vassals to their lord on special occasions.
[10] English History . (after 1066) any of several revenues received by a king in the Middle Ages from his vassals and other subjects, limited by the Magna Charta to specified occasions.
[11] denoting a charitable organization or function that raises money for a cause Band Aid ; Ferryaid
[12] acute infectious disease
[13] artificial insemination (by) donor: former name for Donor Insemination (DI)
[14] to give support to (someone to do something); help or assist
[15] (tr) to assist financially
[16] assistance; help; support
[17] a person, device, etc, that helps or assists a teaching aid
[18] Also: artificial aid mountaineering any of various devices such as piton or nut when used as a direct help in the ascent
[19] (in medieval Europe; in England after 1066) a feudal payment made to the king or any lord by his vassals, usually on certain occasions such as the marriage of a daughter or the knighting of an eldest son
[20] in aid of British informal in support of; for the purpose of

Words related to Aiding

aidsubsidize, abet, assist, encourage, alleviate, promote, mitigate, befriend, lighten, relieve, serve, favor, sustain

Words nearby Aiding

aidai, aia, aiaw, aicc, aiche, aid, aid climbing, aid station, aid-de-camp, aida, aidan

Origin of Aiding

1375–1425; (noun) late Middle English ayde < Anglo-French, Old French aide, noun derivative of aid(i)er < Latin adjūtāre to help (frequentative of adjuvāre ), equivalent to ad- ad- + -jū- help + -t- frequentative suffix + -āre infinitive suffix; (v.) < Anglo-French, Old French aid(i)er < Latin, as above

Words that may be confused with Aiding

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, aidaid, aide, (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry), aides, aids, AIDS

Other words from Aiding

aid·er , noun
aid·ful , adjective
aid·less , adjective
un·aid·ed , adjective
un·aid·ed·ly , adverb
un·aid·ing , adjective

Word origin for Aiding

C15: via Old French aidier from Latin adjūtāre to help, from juvāre to help

Synonyms for Aiding

abet, alleviate, assist, encourage, promote, subsidize, befriend, benefact, favor, lighten, mitigate, relieve, serve, sustain, bail out, go to bat for, go with, lend a hand, open doors for, stick up for, straighten out