assistedadj.

Brit.

/əˈsɪstᵻd/, U.S.

/əˈsɪstᵻd/

Etymology: < assist v. + -ed suffix¹.

Aided, helped. spec. Applied to subsidized passages for emigrants.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [adjective] > types of voyage

circumnavigatory1849

assisted1853

short-sea1952

smooth-

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > aided, helped, or assisted

yholpea1240

aided1611

assisted1853

helped-out1905

society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > emigration > [adjective] > of passages for emigrants: subsidized

assisted1853

1853 14th Gen. Rep. Colonial Land & Emigration Commissioners (1854) 139 Remittances may be made for either of the following objects:—Assisted passages.—To assist the nominees in paying the expense of their passage and out-fit. Free passages.

1856 16th Gen. Rep. Emigration Commissioners 9 Emigration from the United Kingdom, which we shall divide into ‘unassisted’, or that of which the expense is defrayed out of private or local funds, and ‘assisted’, or that which is carried on by this Board with funds derived from the Colonies (at present the Australian only) to which the emigrants are sent.

1888 C. M. Yonge Our New Mistress xvi. 148 A number of papers about Australia, assuring me of all the advantages of emigration, promising me..an assisted passage.

1937 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 41 275 An aircraft with the assisted take-off, and therefore not requiring the maximum power output of the engine.

1945 Guide Educ. Syst. Eng. & Wales (Min. of Educ. Pamphlet No. 2) 57 Assisted School, school not maintained by, but receiving some financial assistance from, an L.E.A.

1954 P. K. Kemp Fleet Air Arm xx. 216 Brown..successfully took off in about half the length of the flight deck. For this he had an assisted take-off with rockets.

1946 Encycl. Brit. XV. 470/1 Assisted passage schemes have been arranged which considerably reduce the cost of travel to the settler.

Draft additions 1993

assisted place U.K., in an independent school: a place which is subsidized or funded by the State, and is awarded to an able pupil who might otherwise be unable to attend (usu in plural).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > [noun] > scholarships

scholarship1535

demyship1536

burse1560

exhibition1631

travelling fellowship1694

bursary1733

travelling scholarship1798

studentship1802

Newcastle1832

pupilship1838

Newcastle1845

state scholarship1849

Ireland1861

bursarship1864

schol1888

freeship1893

Rhodes scholarship1902

Fulbright1952

schoolmaster studentship1957

assisted place1977

Rhodes1994

1977 N. St. John-Stevas Better Schools for All viii. 46 The direct grant will be replaced by an assisted places scheme, under which all the available money will be devoted to a partial or total remission of tuition fees in accordance with a generous income scale.

1980 Education Act c.80 §17(1) The Secretary of State shall..operate a scheme whereby..participating schools remit fees that would otherwise be chargeable in respect of pupils selected for assisted places.

1986 Times Educ. Suppl. 9 May 4/4 A Labour Government will introduce an ambitious programme..designed to..abolish the assisted places scheme.

Draft additions 1997

assisted suicide n. suicide effected with the assistance of another person; esp. the taking of lethal drugs, provided by a doctor for the purpose, by a patient considered to be incurable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [noun] > types of

sati1806

satiism1828

hara-kiri1856

junshi1871

seppuku1871

ritual suicide1903

murder-suicide1904

autocide1923

mass suicide1937

doctor-assisted suicide1975

self-deliverance1975

self-deliveration1975

assisted suicide1976

suicide by cop1986

bullycide2001

1976 Internat. Jrnl. Health Services 6 329 If the Swiss can trust themselves with a law to permit assisted suicide, it should not be beyond our civic courage to follow their lead.

1981 S. E. Wallace & A. Eser Suicide & Euthanasia 87 The relationship between suicide and euthanasia becomes clear: euthanasia is assisted suicide.

1992 Episcopal Life Jan. 28/2 Suicide and assisted suicide are two of those exits that ultimately must be viewed with mercy by God.

Draft additions March 2014

assisted living n. chiefly North American a type of residential accommodation for elderly or disabled people which incorporates supportive services, such as nursing care, housekeeping, and prepared meals, to help residents maintain an independent lifestyle; frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the old

sunset home1897

eventide home1910

twilight home1934

assisted living1966

1966 Sunday Messenger (Athens, Ohio) 14 Aug. 7 (advt.) Hillside House provides assisted living accommodations for those who need daily help.

1997 Baltimore Mag. Aug. 92/1 Assisted living helps the elderly with routine activities while maintaining a degree of independence.

2005 N.Y. Times 27 Feb. ix. 13/2 When his condition worsened, we moved him to an assisted living center.

Draft additions June 2016

assisted dying n. the process by which a person who is terminally ill or suffering from an incurable condition voluntarily ends his or her life with the assistance of another person (typically a doctor who provides lethal drugs).In later use sometimes distinguished from assisted suicide in being restricted to terminally ill adults meeting specific criteria; euthanasia is often used in similar contexts (see euthanasia n. 3) but does not always imply a voluntary action on the part of the person who dies.

ΚΠ

1988 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 278 He is justifiably proud of..the accurate rendering of Freud's assisted dying (at the age of eighty-three).

1993 D. Humphry Lawful Exit 85 The assisted dying law that soon should be agreed upon..must be a model of fairness to all, with each side taking its proper share of responsibility.

2013 T. Pratchett Slip of Keyboard 217 Twice, when I have spoken out on subjects like Alzheimer's and assisted dying, helpful Christians have told me that I should try considering my affliction as a gift from God.

Draft additions June 2016

assisted death n. the practice or an instance of euthanasia or assisted suicide.Somewhat rare before late 20th cent.

ΚΠ

1887 Syracuse (N.Y.) Standard 21 Dec. 2/1 One or two ugly stories of the assisted death of patients have reached the outside world.

1911 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 24 Sept. 3 b/1 Shakers expect court approval of euthenasia [sic]... Before the ‘assisted’ death of Sister Sadie drew the attention of the country to the colony, a cordial welcome was offered to every visitor.

1980 Guardian 21 July 9/4 There might be real life difficulties in requiring every potential suicide to brief counsel to apply for a judicial declaration of fitness for an assisted death.

1998 Independent 4 Aug. i. 6/8 Certain forms of assisted death, including withdrawing food and water from people in a persistent vegetative state, and increasing the dosage of painkillers for the dying, have been approved by the church.

2008 D. Koontz Your Heart belongs to Me 256 Eleven assisted deaths in sixteen months. This ferrier had poled across the Styx with some regularity.

Draft additions January 2018

assisted conception n. any of various methods of medical intervention for treating infertility, typically involving the manipulation of eggs and sperm to promote the chances of fertilization and increase the likelihood of a pregnancy (frequently attributive); (also) a pregnancy achieved using such methods.

ΚΠ

1987 E. Noble Having your Baby by Donor Insemination x. 240 Each form of assisted conception has its differences.

1998 A. Forna Mother of All Myths (1999) v. 131 IVF was originally developed to help women with damaged tubes to conceive a child, but today assisted conception techniques are far more refined.

2017 N. L. Segal Twin Mythconceptions x. 216 These findings do not apply to couples with assisted conceptions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	assisted
释义	assistedadj. Brit. /əˈsɪstᵻd/, U.S. /əˈsɪstᵻd/ Etymology: < assist v. + -ed suffix¹. Aided, helped. spec. Applied to subsidized passages for emigrants. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [adjective] > types of voyage circumnavigatory1849 assisted1853 short-sea1952 smooth- the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > aided, helped, or assisted yholpea1240 aided1611 assisted1853 helped-out1905 society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > emigration > [adjective] > of passages for emigrants: subsidized assisted1853 1853 14th Gen. Rep. Colonial Land & Emigration Commissioners (1854) 139 Remittances may be made for either of the following objects:—Assisted passages.—To assist the nominees in paying the expense of their passage and out-fit. Free passages. 1856 16th Gen. Rep. Emigration Commissioners 9 Emigration from the United Kingdom, which we shall divide into ‘unassisted’, or that of which the expense is defrayed out of private or local funds, and ‘assisted’, or that which is carried on by this Board with funds derived from the Colonies (at present the Australian only) to which the emigrants are sent. 1888 C. M. Yonge Our New Mistress xvi. 148 A number of papers about Australia, assuring me of all the advantages of emigration, promising me..an assisted passage. 1937 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 41 275 An aircraft with the assisted take-off, and therefore not requiring the maximum power output of the engine. 1945 Guide Educ. Syst. Eng. & Wales (Min. of Educ. Pamphlet No. 2) 57 Assisted School, school not maintained by, but receiving some financial assistance from, an L.E.A. 1954 P. K. Kemp Fleet Air Arm xx. 216 Brown..successfully took off in about half the length of the flight deck. For this he had an assisted take-off with rockets. 1946 Encycl. Brit. XV. 470/1 Assisted passage schemes have been arranged which considerably reduce the cost of travel to the settler. Draft additions 1993 assisted place U.K., in an independent school: a place which is subsidized or funded by the State, and is awarded to an able pupil who might otherwise be unable to attend (usu in plural). ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > [noun] > scholarships scholarship1535 demyship1536 burse1560 exhibition1631 travelling fellowship1694 bursary1733 travelling scholarship1798 studentship1802 Newcastle1832 pupilship1838 Newcastle1845 state scholarship1849 Ireland1861 bursarship1864 schol1888 freeship1893 Rhodes scholarship1902 Fulbright1952 schoolmaster studentship1957 assisted place1977 Rhodes1994 1977 N. St. John-Stevas Better Schools for All viii. 46 The direct grant will be replaced by an assisted places scheme, under which all the available money will be devoted to a partial or total remission of tuition fees in accordance with a generous income scale. 1980 Education Act c.80 §17(1) The Secretary of State shall..operate a scheme whereby..participating schools remit fees that would otherwise be chargeable in respect of pupils selected for assisted places. 1986 Times Educ. Suppl. 9 May 4/4 A Labour Government will introduce an ambitious programme..designed to..abolish the assisted places scheme. Draft additions 1997 assisted suicide n. suicide effected with the assistance of another person; esp. the taking of lethal drugs, provided by a doctor for the purpose, by a patient considered to be incurable. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [noun] > types of sati1806 satiism1828 hara-kiri1856 junshi1871 seppuku1871 ritual suicide1903 murder-suicide1904 autocide1923 mass suicide1937 doctor-assisted suicide1975 self-deliverance1975 self-deliveration1975 assisted suicide1976 suicide by cop1986 bullycide2001 1976 Internat. Jrnl. Health Services 6 329 If the Swiss can trust themselves with a law to permit assisted suicide, it should not be beyond our civic courage to follow their lead. 1981 S. E. Wallace & A. Eser Suicide & Euthanasia 87 The relationship between suicide and euthanasia becomes clear: euthanasia is assisted suicide. 1992 Episcopal Life Jan. 28/2 Suicide and assisted suicide are two of those exits that ultimately must be viewed with mercy by God. Draft additions March 2014 assisted living n. chiefly North American a type of residential accommodation for elderly or disabled people which incorporates supportive services, such as nursing care, housekeeping, and prepared meals, to help residents maintain an independent lifestyle; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the old sunset home1897 eventide home1910 twilight home1934 assisted living1966 1966 Sunday Messenger (Athens, Ohio) 14 Aug. 7 (advt.) Hillside House provides assisted living accommodations for those who need daily help. 1997 Baltimore Mag. Aug. 92/1 Assisted living helps the elderly with routine activities while maintaining a degree of independence. 2005 N.Y. Times 27 Feb. ix. 13/2 When his condition worsened, we moved him to an assisted living center. Draft additions June 2016 assisted dying n. the process by which a person who is terminally ill or suffering from an incurable condition voluntarily ends his or her life with the assistance of another person (typically a doctor who provides lethal drugs).In later use sometimes distinguished from assisted suicide in being restricted to terminally ill adults meeting specific criteria; euthanasia is often used in similar contexts (see euthanasia n. 3) but does not always imply a voluntary action on the part of the person who dies. ΚΠ 1988 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 278 He is justifiably proud of..the accurate rendering of Freud's assisted dying (at the age of eighty-three). 1993 D. Humphry Lawful Exit 85 The assisted dying law that soon should be agreed upon..must be a model of fairness to all, with each side taking its proper share of responsibility. 2013 T. Pratchett Slip of Keyboard 217 Twice, when I have spoken out on subjects like Alzheimer's and assisted dying, helpful Christians have told me that I should try considering my affliction as a gift from God. Draft additions June 2016 assisted death n. the practice or an instance of euthanasia or assisted suicide.Somewhat rare before late 20th cent. ΚΠ 1887 Syracuse (N.Y.) Standard 21 Dec. 2/1 One or two ugly stories of the assisted death of patients have reached the outside world. 1911 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 24 Sept. 3 b/1 Shakers expect court approval of euthenasia [sic]... Before the ‘assisted’ death of Sister Sadie drew the attention of the country to the colony, a cordial welcome was offered to every visitor. 1980 Guardian 21 July 9/4 There might be real life difficulties in requiring every potential suicide to brief counsel to apply for a judicial declaration of fitness for an assisted death. 1998 Independent 4 Aug. i. 6/8 Certain forms of assisted death, including withdrawing food and water from people in a persistent vegetative state, and increasing the dosage of painkillers for the dying, have been approved by the church. 2008 D. Koontz Your Heart belongs to Me 256 Eleven assisted deaths in sixteen months. This ferrier had poled across the Styx with some regularity. Draft additions January 2018 assisted conception n. any of various methods of medical intervention for treating infertility, typically involving the manipulation of eggs and sperm to promote the chances of fertilization and increase the likelihood of a pregnancy (frequently attributive); (also) a pregnancy achieved using such methods. ΚΠ 1987 E. Noble Having your Baby by Donor Insemination x. 240 Each form of assisted conception has its differences. 1998 A. Forna Mother of All Myths (1999) v. 131 IVF was originally developed to help women with damaged tubes to conceive a child, but today assisted conception techniques are far more refined. 2017 N. L. Segal Twin Mythconceptions x. 216 These findings do not apply to couples with assisted conceptions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1853
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