assisting

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əˈsɪstɪŋ/
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Verb

assisting

  1. present participle and gerund of assist

Noun

assisting (plural assistings)

  1. assistance; help given
    • 1871, The Bible Christian magazine, a continuation of the Arminian magazine:
      […] through atonement for sin by the death of Christ the world has been blessed with a dispensation of helping influences — the gracious and altogether sufficient assistings of the Holy Ghost.

Adjective

assisting (comparative more assisting, superlative most assisting)

  1. (archaic) Helpful; auxiliary (to).
    • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 105:
      In the meantime, he plainly perceived that she would not stoop to be directly assisting to his views on Laura.
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