helpfulness

[English helpful;-ne .] The quality or state of being helpful or wholesome; help, a istance. "God ordained it in love and helpfulne to be indi oluble." Milton : Tetrachord on. hělp-ing, pr. par., a. & s. (HELP, 2.] IMG:content-1107.png:[blocks in formation] Church Hist.: An adherent of Zwinglius and Luther an. A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the other Swi reformers, as distinguished from a verb.) IMG:content-1108.png:[blocks in formation] hělp-le , a. [Eng. help; -le .] 1. Wanting in power to help one's self; weak, powerle . "What remained was utterly helple and pa ive." Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xvii. 2. Affording no help; powerle to help. "The helple balm of my poor eyes." Shakesp.: Richard III., 1. 2. 3. Irremediable; beyond help or remedy. "What helple shame I feel!" Shakesp.: Rape of Lucrece, 756. 4. Unsupplied, destitute. (Dryden.) hělp-le -ly, adv. [Eng. helple ; -ly.] In a helple manner. The hělp-le -ne , s . [Eng. helple ; -ne .] quality or state of being helple or powerle . "Where weakne , strength, vice, virtue, sunk supine, Alike in naked helple ne recline." Byron: Lara, i. 29. [Named by hěl-vine, hěl-vin, hěl-vite, s . Werner from Gr. helios =the sun, on account of the yellow color of the mineral; suff.- ine , -in , -ite ( Min .) (9.v.). Min.: An isometric tetrahedral translucent mineral, of a yellow, yellowish-brown, or green color; its hardne , 6-6'5; its specific gravity, 31-33:composition: silica, 33-13-35-27; glucina, 8-03-1203; protoxide of manganese, 30-57-42-12; protoxide of iron, 4-8; sulphur, 0-5-05, . Occurs in Saxony and in Norway. ( Dana .) hěl-vite, s. [HELVINE.]