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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Help \Help\ (h[e^]lp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Helped} (h[e^]lpt) (Obs. imp. {Holp} (h[=o]lp), p. p. {Holpen} (h[=o]l"p'n)); p. pr. & vb. n. {Helping}.] [AS. helpan; akin to OS. helpan, D. helpen, G. helfen, OHG. helfan, Icel. hj[=a]lpa, Sw. hjelpa, Dan. hielpe, Goth. hilpan; cf. Lith. szelpti, and Skr. klp to be fitting.] 1. To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, "Help me scale yon balcony." --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. "God help, poor souls, how idly do they talk!" --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of avail against; -- sometimes with of before a word designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such a word for the direct object. "To help him of his blindness." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The true calamus helps coughs. --Gerarde. [1913 Webster] 4. To change for the better; to remedy. [1913 Webster] Cease to lament for what thou canst not help. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it? --Swift. [1913 Webster] 6. To forbear; to avoid. [1913 Webster] I can not help remarking the resemblance betwixt him and our author. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 7. To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food. [1913 Webster] {To help forward}, to assist in advancing. {To help off}, to help to go or pass away, as time; to assist in removing. --Locke. {To help on}, to forward; to promote by aid. {To help out}, to aid, as in delivering from a difficulty, or to aid in completing a design or task. [1913 Webster] The god of learning and of light Would want a god himself to help him out. --Swift. {To help over}, to enable to surmount; as, to help one over an obstacle. {To help to}, to supply with; to furnish with; as, to help one to soup. {To help up}, to help (one) to get up; to assist in rising, as after a fall, and the like. "A man is well holp up that trusts to you." --Shak. Syn: To aid; assist; succor; relieve; serve; support; sustain; befriend. Usage: To {Help}, {Aid}, {Assist}. These words all agree in the idea of affording relief or support to a person under difficulties. Help turns attention especially to the source of relief. If I fall into a pit, I call for help; and he who helps me out does it by an act of his own. Aid turns attention to the other side, and supposes co["o]peration on the part of him who is relieved; as, he aided me in getting out of the pit; I got out by the aid of a ladder which he brought. Assist has a primary reference to relief afforded by a person who "stands by" in order to relieve. It denotes both help and aid. Thus, we say of a person who is weak, I assisted him upstairs, or, he mounted the stairs by my assistance. When help is used as a noun, it points less distinctively and exclusively to the source of relief, or, in other words, agrees more closely with aid. Thus we say, I got out of a pit by the help of my friend. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Help \Help\, n. [AS. help; akin to D. hulp, G. h["u]lfe, hilfe, Icel. hj[=a]lp, Sw. hjelp, Dan. hielp. See {Help}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars. [1913 Webster] Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. --Ps. lx. 11. [1913 Webster] God is . . . a very present help in trouble. --Ps. xlvi. 1. [1913 Webster] Virtue is a friend and a help to nature. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it. [1913 Webster] 3. A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business. [1913 Webster] 4. Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Help \Help\, v. i. To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist. [1913 Webster] A generous present helps to persuade, as well as an agreeable person. --Garth. [1913 Webster] {To help out}, to lend aid; to bring a supply. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: help n 1: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" [syn: {aid}, {assist}, {assistance}, {help}] 2: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" [syn: {assistant}, {helper}, {help}, {supporter}] 3: a resource; "visual aids in teaching" [syn: {aid}, {assistance}, {help}] 4: a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it" [syn: {avail}, {help}, {service}] v 1: give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house" [syn: {help}, {assist}, {aid}] 2: improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" [syn: {help}, {aid}] 3: be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents" [syn: {help}, {facilitate}] 4: abstain from doing; always used with a negative; "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle" [syn: {help oneself}, {help}] 5: help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself" [syn: {serve}, {help}] 6: contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries" 7: take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies" [syn: {avail}, {help}] 8: improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"