Emily Dickinson Lexicon

help (-ed, -s), v. [OE holpen < Germanic.] (webplay: better, blindness, cure, disease, ease, memory, pain, time).

1. Save me; rescue me; [cry for assistance].
2. Supply; refill; replenish.
3. Aid; assist.
4. Forbear; prevent oneself from.
5. Cure; relieve; succor.