assistere

assistere [CL; some forms might be referred to astare] 1 to stand beside. b to be with, attend, be present (at) or privy (to). c (of things). d (w. inf.) to be ready. ut ‥ quasi regina a dextris divinae majestatis ‥ jugiter ~ere ‥ mereatur Aldh. VirgP 15; aris adsistere ac daemonibus hostias offerre Bede HE I 7; collocatis in lectis suis ~ant magistri dum sint cooperti Lanfr. Const. 178; cuidam ‥ B. Thomas per visum astitit W. Cant. Mir. Thom. IV 51; astitit ei angelus in somnis Gir. TH II 39.  b 597 quando de Galliis episcopi veniunt, qui in ordinatione episcopi adsistant? (Lit. Papae) Bede HE I 27 p. 52; s1136 rex ‥ quosdam de ~entibus sibi ‥ ad eos ‥ reducendos transmisit G. Steph. I 12; 1166 ~entibus in presentia nostra ‥ canonicis Canon. G. Sempr. 89v; rex ‥ divinis laudibus devotus ~ebat Ailr. Ed. Conf. 748D; majores de regno, qui familiarius regis secretis ~unt Dial. Scac. I 4B; 1318 si nostre sollicitudinis presenciam corporalem ‥ in eodem tractatu pocius eligeritis [sic] astituram FormOx 42; 1329 expedit vos habere in consilio ~antes [sic] viros ‥ prudentes Lit. Cant. I 302; s1388 usque ad parliamentum futurum, quo suis astituri erant responsis Wals. HA II 173; nonnulli quondam eidem ~entes asserunt quod ‥ Blakman Hen. VI 15.  c 1514 ~ente ibidem vexillo S. Cuthberti Ac. Durh. 663.  d c1314 intelleximus vos ‥ ~ere ‥ universitatis onera ‥ supportare FormOx 11. 2 to stand by (fig.), assist (w. dat.). b (w. acc.). c (pr. ppl. as sb.) assistant. rogans ut illi, in quocunque negotio vestri opus habuerit, ~atis Eadmer Wilf. 731A; qui ei [Henrico I] in subigenda Anglia constanter adsistebant R. Niger 168; 1226 mandamus vobis ‥ quatinus ‥ ~atis ‥ hominibus nostris ‥ existentibus in predicta navi, ‥ consilium et auxilium eis prebentes Pat 14; 1255 [aldermanni] sint ~entes et consulentes majori et ballivis nostris (Oxford) BBC 367; 1301 vos rogamus quatinus consilium vestrum ‥ mittatis ‥ consilio nostro corditer †assisturum Reg. Cant. II 1323; 1545 proditorum ipsis inimicis ‥ ~encium Conc. Scot. I cclvii.  b 1288 episcopum ‥ defensionis subsidio ~atis RGasc II 115.  c 1545 heresium ‥ fautores, auctores, ~entes Conc. Scot. I cclxi. 3 (trans.) to stand, place (a thing). b to bring (persons) before (a court or sim.). c (?) to bring (a case) into court. d (w. adversus) to set against (cf.Psalm. ii 2). quando aliquis fratrum sentencialiter ad ‥ scabellum ponitur, quod a latere inter duos choros ~i consuevit Cust. Westm. 200.  b s1317 misit rex nuncios suos ad curiam Romanam, presencie summi pontificis ~endos Flor. Hist. III 182; s1321 dominus T. Lancastrie inter suos commilitones regi ~itur, quos continuo rex in compedibus ‥ precepit alligari Ib. 205; s1322 comes ‥ coram judicibus ~itur tribunali G. Ed. II Bridl. 83.  c  s1169 ita declamabat [episcopus Lond’]; sed causa †~ata est nullo adversario W. Fitzst. Thom. 83.  d s1340 quidam ‥ astiterunt adversus eum [sc. archiepiscopum] Christum Domini ac contra eum prefatum dominum regem excitarunt Avesb. 93b.