Word Meanings - ASSISTIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Lending aid, helping.

Related words: (words related to ASSISTIVE)

• LENDING
  1. The act of one who lends. 2. That which is lent or furnished.
• LEND
  1. To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow. Give me that ring. I'll lend it thee, my dear, but have no power To give it from me. Shak. 2. To
• HELPLESS
  1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant. How shall I then your helpless fame defend Pope. 2. Beyond help; irremediable. Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either
• LENDES
  See CHAUCER
• LENDER
  One who lends. The borrower is servant to the lender. Prov. xxii. 7.
• LENDABLE
  Such as can be lent. Sherwood.
• HELPER
  One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish. Thou art the helper of the fatherless. Ps. x. 14. Compassion . . . oftentimes a helper of evils. Dr. H. More.
• HELPFUL
  Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary. Heavens make our presence and our practices Pleasant and helpful to him! Shak. -- Help"ful*ly, adv. -- Help"ful*ness, n. Milton.
• HELPMATE
  A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife. In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yoked together in order to turn up the land. Pennant. A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable helpmate for a parson.
• LENDS
  Loins. Wyclif.
• HELPMEET
  A wife; a helpmate. The Lord God created Adam, . . . and afterwards, on his finding the want of a helpmeet, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs and thence made woman. J. H. Newman.
• HELP
  helpen, G. helfen, OHG. helfan, Icel. hjalpa, Sw. hjelpa, Dan. 1. To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help
• SPLENDIDIOUS
  Splendid.
• CALENDS
  The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.
• SPLENDIFEROUS
  Splendor-bearing; splendid. Bale . "A splendiferous woman." Haliburton.
• BLEND
  akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, 1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse;
• SPLENDOR
  1. Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun. B. Jonson. 2. Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like. "Rejoice in splendor of mine own." Shak. 3. Brilliancy;
• CALENDULIN
  A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.
• KALENDAR
  See CALENDAR
• GREEK CALENDS; GREEK KALENDS
  A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.
• BLENDER
  One who, or that which, blends; an instrument, as a brush, used in blending.
• KALENDARIAL
  See CALENDARIAL
• SPLENDIDLY
  In a splendid manner; magnificently.
• SLENDER
  Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. -- Slen"der*ly, adv. -- Slen"der*ness, n. (more info) slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen,
• HORNBLENDE
  The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species. Hornblende
• SALLENDERS
  On the inside of the hock, or a little below it, as well as at the bend of the knee, there is occasionally a scurfy eruption called "mallenders" in the fore leg, and "sallenders" in the hind leg. Youatt.
• SCLENDER
  Slender. Chaucer.
• RESPLENDENT
  Shining with brilliant luster; very bright. -- Re*splen"dent*ly, adv. With royal arras and resplendent gold. Spenser. (more info) resplendere to shine brightly; pref. re- re- + splendere to shine.
• TRANSPLENDENT
  Resplendent in the highest degree. -- Tran*splen"dent*ly, adv.