Middle English Dictionary Entry
assistent, -ant adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | assistent, -ant adj. |
| Etymology | L ppl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Helpful; of assistance, aid, or support; (b) attendant, present.
Associated quotations
a
- (1433) RParl.4.477a : The seid Baylyffs and vi Men assigned..to be assistant and of counseill with the seid Baylyffs, for the comune profite.
- (1469) Indent.Edw.IV in Archaeol.15172 : That thay to the seid maister..be assistent, helpyng, aydyng, and fortefieing in all thyngs.
- ?a1500(a1471) Brut-1461(2) (Lyell 34)31 : He..stirid the peple to be assistent and helpyng to the correccioun..of the myschiefs..of the reme.
b
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)11.105 (v.1:p.110) : This maide was .. maried to Gilbert by the same bysshops with grete solemnnyte, many a worthy man and womman beyng there assistent, both for the nouelte of the caas and for the worthynesse of her bothyns birthe.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)226/30 : Angelys were to hym Assystent.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)90/26 : Beholde þe labour & þe sorowe of þi seruaunt, & be assistent [L assistas] to him to what euer þinge he go.