aid

n. உதவி, உறுதுணை, ஒத்தாசை, சகாயம், உதவுபவர், உதவும்பொருள், கருவி, துணைவன், துணைக்காரணம், துணைகலங்கள், துணைவரி, இறைநிறை, பொருளாயக்கடன், அரசருக்குக் கொடுக்கும் பணஉதவி, (சட்.) உரிமை, உதவி, (வினை) உதவு, கைகொடு, துணையளி, ஆவன செய்து ஆதரி.

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Aid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aided; p. pr. & vb. n. Aiding.] Etym: [F. aider, OF. aidier, fr. L. adjutare to help, freq. of adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help. Cf. Adjutant.] Defn: To support, either by furnishing strength or means in coöperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist. You speedy helpers . . . Appear and aid me in this enterprise. Shak. Syn. -- To help; assist; support; sustain; succor; relieve; befriend; coöperate; promote. See Help. Aid, n. Etym: [F. aide, OF. aïde, aïe, fr. the verb. See Aid, v. t.] 1. Help; succor; assistance; relief. An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. Hallam. 2. The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant. It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself. Tobit viii. 6. 3. (Eng. Hist.) Defn: A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan. 4. (Feudal Law) Defn: A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions. Blackstone. 5. An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid. Aid prayer (Law), a proceeding by which a defendant beseeches and claims assistance from some one who has a further or more permanent interest in the matter in suit. -- To pray in aid, to beseech and claim such assistance.