单词 | aiding |
释义 | aidingn. The action of providing help, assistance, or support; an instance of this; help or assistance so provided. ΚΠ 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cccxxxiiiv/1 He gaf fyrst to his neyghbour his power in aydynge and obsequyes. 1543 T. Becon Invect. against Swearing f. xcviv If he were a Duke yt dyd swere, he shuld forfyt for euery tyme xl.s. to the aydyng of poore people. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 127 There is more done in this mending or ayding of the complexion, than is done in many other practises of humane art. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxxii. 328 The French Ambassador..complained of this Aiding of them against the Crown of France. 1795 Z. Swift Syst. Laws Connecticut I. iii. xvi. 316 It was contended that the aiding and assisting, related only to the making of the instruments and did not extend to the counterfeiting. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. viii. 291 Aidings and abettings of every bad inclination. 1898 W. H. Siebert Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom iii. 47 By the enactment of the first Fugitive Slave Law, February 12, 1793, the aiding of fugitive slaves became a penal offence. 1935 Times 24 July 10/4 The society has for its object the aiding of the children of ministers of the Church of Scotland whose fathers died without leaving adequate means for their support and education. 1998 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminology 88 1121 The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld New York and Washington state laws prohibiting the aiding of another to commit suicide. Phrases aiding and abetting Law: the action or fact of participating or assisting in, and thereby become accessory to, a crime; this as an offence; cf. to aid and abet at aid v. Phrases. ΚΠ 1694 A. Burgess Foolish Talking & Jesting Described 49 Affixing of reproachful Names upon innocent Persons, is Slandering... So is the Aiding and Abetting, and being foster-fathers unto any Slanderous Reports. 1736 C. Hornby Appeal to Common Sense & Common Honesty 19 It seems there is something of a Story, of aiding and abetting, he having..charged Mr. Ralph as an Assistant..of Mr. Ward. 1771 W. Eden Princ. Penal Law 183 Previous to which statute, every concealment, under the construction of aiding and abetting, seems to have been considered as a treason. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 330 The citizen would have been lagged for assault and battery and Joe for aiding and abetting. 1985 B. Campbell Wigan Pier Revisited 27 They said if we didn't consent for him to claim for the two of us, they'd summons me and him for aiding and abetting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). aidingadj. That provides aid or assistance; helping; helpful; auxiliary, contributory. 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 a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 428 We pray yewe þat vnto owre seid Knyght ye be helpyng, aiding, & assistyng. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 96 She may helpe you to many faire preferments, And then deny her ayding hand therein. View more context for this quotation 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 112 That he should be ayding to them upon all occasions. 1666 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 299 To be ayding and assisting to the Maior. 1718 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 48 That they be aiding to all its officers in what may Lie in their power. 1740 Ladies Diary 14 An aiding Brother, who guards me alone. 1838 London Med. Gaz. 31 Mar. 360 I cannot..consider the defective action of the bronchial fibres as more than an aiding cause in the production of pulmonary emphysema. 1870 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 455 The doors which she habitually shut to keep out the night-draughts remained free to swing, and, if they could find an aiding hand or breeze, to bang. 1924 Times 10 July 17/6 A marvellous flight through the air, achieved perhaps with an aiding wind. 2001 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator 26 May (Mag.) m20 Heroines rarely get to save the day without the convenient help of an aiding male. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1483adj.a1525 |
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