help, helpe

[A. S. helpe; cogn. with Icel. hjalp.] [HELP, v.] 1. Aid or a istance furnished, given, or lent toward the attainment of an objector end. "There pa eth no moment of tyme, in which we haue not great nede of the helpe and a ist a unce of almightie God."-Fisher: On Prayer. 2. Succor, relief, or aid given in time of trouble or distre . "Our men at Acres lie, of help the i haf grete nede." Robert de Brunne, p. 171. 3. Remedy, relief. "There is no help for it, but he must be taught accordingly to comply with the faulty way of writing."- Holder : On Speech. 4. One who or that which gives help, aid, or a istance; a helper. "Which by such helps one may do in a hundred days."