assist
verb (used with object)
to give support or aid to; help.
had assisted
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past perfectof assist.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Judge Perrins said Simpson had assisted Long by using money taken from trust accounts to "invest in a series of increasingly reckless investments".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
We’d met the summer before on his first feature film, Dementia 13, where I had assisted the art director.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Brar repeatedly told us that Shaganpreet Singh had assisted the gunmen in the days before Middukhera's shooting - and inferred that Moose Wala himself must have been involved.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
The Friends had assisted 15 people earlier that morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
I had assisted in enough washings to know what I was looking at.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
