Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section IV. Antagonism
2. Active Antagonism

707. Aid.

   NOUN:AID, aidance, assistance, help, opitulation [obs.], succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy &c. (coöperation) [See Coöperation].
  PATRONAGE, auspices, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy.
  SUSTENANCE, sustentation [rare], maintenance, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment; eutrophy; manna in the wilderness; food [See Food]; means [See Means]; subsidy, bounty, subvention.
  MINISTRY, ministration; subministration [obs.], accommodation.
  RELIEF, rescue; help at a dead lift; supernatural aid; deus ex machinâ [L.].
  SUPPLIES, reënforcements, succors, contingents, recruits; support (physical) [See Support]; adjunct, ally (helper) [See Auxiliary].
   VERB:AID, assist, help, succor, lend one’s aid; come to the aid of &c. n.; contribute, subscribe to; bring -, give -, furnish -, afford -, supply aid &c. n.; give -, stretch -, lend -, bear -, hold out- a -hand, – helping hand; give one a -lift, – cast, – turn; take by the hand, take in tow; help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to.
  relieve, rescue; set up, set agoing, set on one’s legs; bear -, pull- through; give new life to, be the making of; reënforce, recruit; set -, put -, push- forward; give -a lift, – a shove, – an impulse- to; promote, further, forward, advance; speed, expedite, quicken, hasten.
  SUPPORT, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, bolster.
  NOURISH, nurture, nurse, cradle, dry nurse, suckle, foster, cherish, put out to nurse; manure, cultivate, force; foment; feed -, fan- the flame.
  SERVE; do service to, tender to, pander to; administer to, subminister to [obs.], minister to; tend, attend, wait on; take care of [See Care]; entertain; smooth the bed of sickness.
  OBLIGE, accommodate, consult the wishes of; humor, cheer, encourage.
  SECOND, stand by; back, – up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for [colloq.], stick by, take up the cudgels for; take up -, espouse -, adopt- the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire [colloq.], give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize, take up; lend one’s name to; lend oneself to, lend one’s countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with &c. (coöperate) [See Coöperation].
  be of use to; subserve (instrument) [See Instrumentality]; benefit [See Goodness]; render a service (utility) [See Utility]; conduce (tend) [See Tendency].
   ADJECTIVE:AIDING &c. v.; auxiliary, adjuvant, helpful; coadjuvant [See Coöperation]; subservient, ministrant, ancillary, accessary, accessory, subsidiary.
  FRIENDLY, amicable, favorable, propitious, well-disposed; neighborly; obliging (benevolent) [See Benevolence]; at one’s beck.
   ADVERB:WITH or BY THE AID OF &c. n.; on -, in- behalf of; in aid of, in the service of, in favor of, in the name of, in furtherance of; on account of; for the sake of, on the part of; non obstante [L.].
   INTERJECTION:HELP! save us! to the rescue! this way! à moi! [F.].    QUOTATIONS:

1. Alterum alterius auxilio eget.—Sallust
2. God befriend us as our cause is just.—Henry IV
3. God helps those who help themselves.—Sidney
4. Put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry.—ascribed to Cromwell