coassist
coassist verb: to jointly assist or to provide an additional source of assistance.
Verb
coassist (third-person singular simple present coassists, present participle coassisting, simple past and past participle coassisted)
- To jointly assist or to provide an additional source of assistance.
- When, by means of this Plaister, (or some other of equal Virtues, Properties, and Power) coassisted with the Internals above-directed, the Lividness, Hardness, and Sponginess of the circumambient Flesh are resolv'd, reprov'd, and dissipated, and the Flesh restor'd to its natural Colour and...1741, Charles Perry, T. Woodward, C. Davis, A treatise of diseases in general, pages 137–138
- Now, the reason that a falling body moves faster at the end than at the beginning of the fall is that "since it is accelerated in the beginning, it acquires such an impetus and this impetus coassists in producting motion.2013, Peter Damerow, Gideon Freudenthal, Peter McLaughlin, Exploring the Limits of Preclassical Mechanics, →ISBN, page 23
Forms of coassist
| third-person singular present | coassists |
|---|---|
| present participle | coassisting |
| past participle | coassisted |
| past | coassisted |
| alternative form | co-assist |
Origin of coassist
From co- + assist.
Questions about coassist
- What does coassist mean?
- Coassist means to jointly assist or to provide an additional source of assistance.
- What part of speech is coassist?
- Coassist is a verb.
- What is the past tense of coassist?
- The past tense of coassist is coassisted.
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