Aid vs Wid - What's the difference?
aid | wid |
Help; assistance; succor, relief.
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*(Henry Hallam) (1777-1859)
*:An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid .
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
A helper; an assistant.
*(w) viii. 6
*:It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself.
Something which helps; a material source of help.
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(lb) An exchequer loan.
(lb) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation.
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To (give) support (to); to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
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(informal, or, dialectal) with
* 1893, , Maggie: A Girl of the Streets [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=vQi_d7a7sZoC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&sig=N8UFY9cvyaBxRcr0Asm4JuLf9Y8]
* 1922, , The Hairy Ape, [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=Z2ZgNkU5r18C&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&sig=_ZQWa7a1p_C4jGCG0woMSdujZhw]
* 1940, Shirley Graham, “It’s Morning,” in Black Female Playwrights, Kathy A Perkins ed. [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=ZV3afTMMSHsC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&sig=32zaTsB-Xv0Yi-dHcTbtr-8rNCA]
As a noun aid
is help; assistance; succor, relief.As a verb aid
is to (give) support (to); to further the progress of; to help; to assist.As a proper noun AID
is acronym of Agency for International Development|lang=en.As a preposition wid is
with.aid
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) aide, from (etyl) . Cognate include Spanish ayuda, Portuguese ajuda and Italian aiutoNoun
(en noun)The Evolution of Eyeglasses, passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone
Derived terms
* aid climbing * aidful * aidless * aidman * first aid * hearing aidEtymology 2
From (etyl) aidier (modern aider), from (etyl) adiuto'', frequentative of ''adiuvo "to assist".Verb
(en verb)- You speedy helpers Appear and aid me in this enterprise.
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Synonyms
* assist * befriend * bestand * cooperate * help * promote * relieve * succor * support * sustainDerived terms
* aidable * aidance * aiderAnagrams
* ---- ==Võro==wid
English
Alternative forms
* wif (informal) * with * wiv (informal)Preposition
(English prepositions)- “An’ wid' all d’ bringin’ up she had, how could she?” moaningly she asked of her son. “'''Wid''' all d’ talkin’ ' wid her I did an’ d’ t’ings I tol’ her to remember. When a girl is bringed up d’ way I bringed up Maggie, how kin she go teh d’ devil?”
- Oh, there was fine beautiful ships them days—clippers wid tall masts touching the sky—fine strong men in them—men that was sons of the sea as if ’twas the mother that bore them.
- Cissie. But, when da saints ob God go marchin’ home
- Mah gal will sing! Wid all da pure, bright stars,
- Tuhgedder wid da mawnin’ stars—She’ll sing!
