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[Jap.] Same as ahyu. aiaia, aiaiai (i-i'ä, -1), n. [Native name, prob. imitative; of unsettled orthography, found as a book-name in the forms above given, and also in the forms ayaya, ajaia, ajaja.] 1. The South American name of the roseate spoonbill, a large grallatorial bird of the genus Platalea, family Plataleida, related to the ibis.-2. In the form ajaja: (a) The specific name of the relief; promote the desire, purpose, or action of: as, to aid a person in his busine , or an animal in its efforts; to aid a medicine in its operation. Till more hands IMG:content-0440.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0441.png:[blocks in formation] [Emerson] was the friend and aider of those who would live in the spirit. M. Arnold . aides-de-camp, n. Plural of aide - de - camp . aidful (ad'fül), a. [ 2. To promote the course or accomplishment of; help in advancing or bringing about; for- ward; facilitate: as, to aid the recovery of a patient, or the operation of a machine; to aid aid; helple ; without succor; unsupported. one's designs. Take your choice of those That best can aid your action. Shak., Cor., i. 6. No more these scenes my meditation aid . Pope, Eloisa to Abelard, 1. 161. [In this sense aid is often followed by in, giving it the appearance of an intransitive verb, the direct object of a istance being unexpre ed: as, he actively aided in the search.] - Aiding and abetting, in criminal law, an of fense committed by one who, though not directly perpetrating a crime, is yet present at its commi ion and renders aid to the perpetrator. = Syn. To support, sustain,