Defn: To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to
avail or be of use; to assist.
A generous present helps to persuade, as well as an agreeable person.
Garth.
To help out, to lend aid; to bring a supply.
HELP Help, n. Etym: [AS. help; akin to D. hulp, G. hülfe, hilfe, Icel. hjalp, Sw. hjelp, Dan. hielp. See Help, v. t.]
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. Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. Ps. lx. 11. God is . . . a very present help in trouble. Ps. xlvi. 1. Virtue is a friend and a help to nature. South.
2. Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
3. A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
4. Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. [Local, U. S.]
HELPER
Help"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as,
a lay helper in a parish.
Thou art the helper of the fatherless. Ps. x. 14.
Compassion . . . oftentimes a helper of evils. Dr. H. More.
HELPFUL
Help"ful, a.
Defn: Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.
Heavens make our presence and our practices Pleasant and helpful to
him! Shak.
— Help"ful*ly, adv.
— Help"ful*ness, n. Milton.