Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Assistance (Page: 92)

As*sist"ance (#), n. [Cf. F. assistance.]

1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.

Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak.

2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. [Obs.]

Wat Tyler [was] killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance, . . . John Cavendish. Fuller.

3. Persons present. [Obs. or a Gallicism]