Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HELP
HELP, n. [W. help.]
- Aid; assistance; strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress. Give us help from trouble; for vain is the help of man. Ps. lx.
- That which gives assistance; he or that which contributes to advance a purpose. Virtue is a friend and a help to nature. South. God is a very present help in time of trouble. Ps. xlvi.
- Remedy; relief. The evil is done; there is no help for it. There is no help for the man; his disease is incurable.
- A hired man or woman; a servant. United States.
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