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aide

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Man dressed in rags, seen on the right, walking with the aid of two crutches. This print is part of a series of 25 prints with beggars and vagrants, such as Callot probably saw in Italy.
Man dressed in rags, seen on the right, walking with the aid of two crutches. This print is part of a series of 25 prints with beggars and vagrants, such as Callot probably saw in Italy.
  1. (n) aide
    an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
  2. (n) aide
    someone who acts as assistant
Illustrations
The muse of poetry, aided by a putto, hangs a medallion of Apollo over a medallion of Saturn.
The muse of poetry, aided by a putto, hangs a medallion of Apollo over a medallion of Saturn.
Woman dressed in rags, seen on the right, walking with the aid of two crutches. This print is part of a series of 25 prints with beggars and vagrants, such as Callot probably saw in Italy.
Woman dressed in rags, seen on the right, walking with the aid of two crutches. This print is part of a series of 25 prints with beggars and vagrants, such as Callot probably saw in Italy.
Woman dressed in rags, seen from left, walking with the aid of two crutches. This print is part of a series of 25 (?) Prints with beggars and vagrants, as Callot probably saw in Italy.
Woman dressed in rags, seen from left, walking with the aid of two crutches. This print is part of a series of 25 (?) Prints with beggars and vagrants, as Callot probably saw in Italy.
A large ship is keeled with the aid of a mat. On a raft are men who are carrying out repairs to the ship and waterproofing the hull.
A large ship is keeled with the aid of a mat. On a raft are men who are carrying out repairs to the ship and waterproofing the hull.
At a setting sun, Napoleon and his aides flee from the battlefield.
At a setting sun, Napoleon and his aides flee from the battlefield.
Allegorical representation of Time that, aided by the love of Virtue, pushes aside the clouds of Indifference and thus reveals the truth of Painting.
Allegorical representation of Time that, aided by the love of Virtue, pushes aside the clouds of Indifference and thus reveals the truth of Painting.
Hercules, with club and lion skin, comes to the aid of a man who has fallen from his donkey. The man is on the ground. His donkey is sitting next to him. A small town on the coast can be seen in the horizon.
Hercules, with club and lion skin, comes to the aid of a man who has fallen from his donkey. The man is on the ground. His donkey is sitting next to him. A small town on the coast can be seen in the horizon.
H. Agrippina is stretched with the aid of a machine and beaten with branches.
H. Agrippina is stretched with the aid of a machine and beaten with branches.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Lemon juice can aid in reducing the swelling caused by insect bites
  1. (n) aide
    Same as aide-de-camp.
Quotations
Prince Pyotr Kropotkin
Mutual aid is as much a law of animal life as mutual struggle.
Prince Pyotr Kropotkin
One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.
Titus Maccius Plautus
One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.
Publilius Syrus
Margaret Fuller
Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.
Margaret Fuller
Groucho Marx
One of the best hearing aids a man can have is an attentive wife.
Groucho Marx
A theme is a memory aid, it helps you through the presentation just as it also provides the thread of continuity for your audience.
Dave Carey
Usage in the news

The professionals you might encounter at independent hearing-aid providers could fall into two categories: audiologists and hearing-aid specialists (also called hearing-instrument specialists). consumerreports.org

This month Rite Aid is slated to begin carrying TheraMax homeopathic nasal sprays from TheraBiogen Inc. TheraMax, TheraMax Cold & Flu, TheraMax Allergy Relief, homeopathic nasal sprays, Rite Aid, ShopRite. chaindrugreview.com

Finally, after years of effort -- an invisible hearing aid The Lyric hearing aid. inc.com

Pet first-aid workshop: Learn the basics of pet first aid at this free community workshop, 10-11:30 am at DoveLewis, 1945 N W. Pettygrove St, Portland. oregonlive.com

Myanmar's military junta announced on Friday it needs international aid to help cope with a growing humanitarian crisis, but it does not need foreign aid workers. ashingtonpost.com

NEW YORK-In honor of World AIDS Day, Dec 1, home furnishings company Lazy Susan will donate 20 percent of all online purchases to Gift for Life to support the non-profit organization DIFFA, Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. hfnmag.com

As of Sunday, September 16, 2012, 07:28 p.m. Every year before school starts, lunchroom and playground aides receive a refresher course on first aid from the Bedford Pub­lic School District nurses. bedfordnow.com

The European Community said today that it would send medical aid to Poland as part of a medical aid program in place since 1982. nytimes.com

EVIDENCE suggests that a mysterious microbe , whose discovery three years ago was dismissed as a finding of no significance, can cause disease among AIDS patients and even kill people not infected with the AIDS virus. nytimes.com

The fire department took over first aid services about two years ago after a long-running dispute between the first aid squad and township leaders came to a head. nj.com

Contradicting long-held prejudices that have clouded the campaign to bring AIDS drugs to millions of people in Africa, evidence is emerging that AIDS patients there are better at following their pill regimens than Americans are. nytimes.com

Despite progress in the global response to the dual epidemic of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, an estimated 1.8 million people died from AIDS-related diseases in 2010. thelancet.com

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama will ask Congress for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October, congressional aides said Friday. denverpost.com

President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October, congressional aides said Friday. kstp.com

Congressional aides : Obama asks $60.4B Sandy aid. newsok.com

Usage in scientific papers

In the classical model of McKee & Ostriker (1977), the cold and warm neutral media are two distinct phases, with clouds forming in dense shells created by shock compressions, aided by the thermal instability (TI hereafter), and later confined by the warm medium’s thermal pressure.
The nonlinear development of the thermal instability in the atomic ISM and its interaction with random fluctuations

We use several of the results from this section to aid in the evaluation of the surface integrals of our variational principle, given by Eq. (2.103).
Variational Principles in General Relativity

Of course, the solution can be obtained without the aid of the supersymmetric formalism, but we find it conveniently compact.
Embedding a Native State into a Random Heteropolymer Model: The Dynamic Approach

This research is supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan.
Theory of de Haas-van Alphen Effect in Type-II Superconductors

Then, with the aid of precise physical hypothesis, consistency equations are written that allow to compute the free-energy from the comparison between the site and clause contributions.
Replica bounds for optimization problems and diluted spin systems

Usage in literature

To some of these Scandinavians the merchants of Novgorod turned for aid against the others. "Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15)" by Charles Morris

She now came to his aid with all her magic. "Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15)" by Charles Morris

The other two were met and slain in succession before they could aid each other. "Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15)" by Charles Morris

Aid or help: strongly enjoined to be given whenever a signal is made requiring it. "The Sailor's Word-Book" by William Henry Smyth

With all his boasted power he can do nothing to aid you. "The Son of Monte Christo" by Jules Lermina

The surveyor who aided William Penn in laying out Philadelphia was Thomas Holme. "The Witch of Salem" by John R. Musick

It was not without a struggle that Mayor Schmitz and his aides let this, the fairest section of the city, suffer obliteration. "Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror" by Richard Linthicum

Thou seekest sanctuary, and thou shalt have it if I can aid thee; but no time is to be lost. "Saronia" by Richard Short

The man who brought this aid was San Martin. "A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year" by Edwin Emerson

Without the promise of aid from any being but God, he commences his work. "The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller" by George Müller

Usage in poetry
Thou that hast look'd on death,
Aid us when death is near!
Whisper of Heaven to faith;
Sweet mother, hear!
"The Forest Sanctuary - Part II." by Felicia Dorothea Hemans Author object (205)

For slaves who shun the issue
Who do not ask thy aid,
To Thee we trust our spirits,
Our bodies, unafraid.
"God Of Battles" by General George S Patton Jnr
As hidden truths are useless
And aid not human skill,
So slumber mighty forces
Through lack of human will.
"Needs And Powers" by Jared Barhite
And, if ye mean it truly,
The storm may yet be laid,
And we will aid you duly,
As brothers brothers aid;—
"Our Warning" by Ernest Jones Author object (193)
Mista black, terrific maid,
Sangrida, and Hilda see,
Join the wayward work to aid:
Tis the woof of victory.
"The Fatal Sisters: An Ode" by Thomas Gray Author object (645)
Attention, and a smiling trade,
However, came in view;
Frugality unites her aid,
With Snip the taylor's too.
"The Spotted Coat" by William Hutton