单词 | aidant |
释义 | aidantadj.n. A. adj. That provides aid or assistance; helpful. Now rare (chiefly literary in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] lastfuleOE helpinga1300 helplya1300 helpfulc1384 assistanta1400 succourablec1400 helpyc1440 aidant1449 adjutoryc1475 subsiduous1490 aidable1509 aidinga1525 aidful1535 adjuvant1574 adjuvable1598 assistful1600 auxiliary1605 recureful1606 seconda1616 succouring1616 coadjuvanta1625 adjutant1645 adjutorious1657 assisting1659 subventive1674 relievablea1693 subventitious1693 affording1873 succourful1898 1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §21. m. 5 So was the seid duke of Suff', falsely and traiterously adherent, aydant and confortant to youre grettest enemyes. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccccxx/1 Saynt Thomas, whos merytes be vnto vs aydaunte and helpyng. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xviii. 18 Beaydant [1623 Be aydant] and remediat, In the good mans distresse. View more context for this quotation 1700 R. Brady Contin. Compl. Hist. Eng. 158 We command and pray you for the Common Profit of you and every one of you, to be Aidant to us at all times and in all places. 1782 C. H. Wilson Compleat Coll. Resol. Volunteers, Grand Juries &c. Ireland 108 We look upon religious toleration as highly advantageous to society, as powerfully aidant to civil liberty. 1830 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State 179 I would gladly be aidant, as far as my poor mite of judgment will enable me. 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 91 The topaz, aidant in all holy rites. 1946 E. Partridge Journey to Edge of Morning ii. 57 Here is the cunning of the more intelligent apes, not the art of intelligent, mutually aidant and mutually appreciative man and woman. 1. An auxiliary soldier. Cf. aid n. 3a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > auxiliary branch > auxiliaries aida1460 aidanta1460 aid band1598 aid soldier1598 auxiliary1601 provincial1617 recruit1626 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 669 (MED) Thi legyaunt forthi to multiplie Is right, but aydauntys a fewe applie. 2. A helper, an assistant. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper helpend971 recurera1382 undertaker1382 bootc1420 profitera1425 suffrage1445 supplier1456 aidant1477 aider1483 adjutor1531 benefactor1532 assistant?1541 servant1562 aid1569 adjument1576 adjuvant1583 familiar1583 adjoint1603 opitulator1624 adjutator1832 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 13 The aydants and helpars of the quene. c1565 ‘T. C.’ tr. G. Boccaccio Galesus Cymon & Iphigenia sig. Cv Cymon, then And all his Aidantes, shoulde be throwen to deepe, and darksome denne. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aide, an aidant, helper. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus vi. 113 The Chancellour presents Justice, resident in the English Law, as the aptest aidant of him. 1745 F. Blomefield Hist. Norwich xv. 69 The Bailiffs of Places where the Staples are, to be attending to the Mayor and Constables of the Staple, and see their Orders executed, and some Lord or other to be Aidant or Assistant to them. 1880 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 5 33 The Court is now called upon to be an aidant to the enforcement of a judgment..given by a Portuguese Court. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1449 |
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