Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Help \Help\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Helped}(Obs. imp. {Holp}, p.
   p. {Holpen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Helping}.] [AS. helpan; akin to
   OS. helpan, D. helpen, G. helfen, OHG. helfan, Icel.
   hj[=a]lpa, Sw. hjelpa, Dan. hielpe, Goth. hilpan; cf. Lith.
   szelpti, and Skr. klp to be fitting.]
   1. To furnish with strength or means for the successful
      performance of any action or the attainment of any object;
      to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help
      one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly
      used without to; as, ``Help me scale yon balcony.''
      --Longfellow.

   2. To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as,
      to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. ``God
      help, poor souls, how idly do they talk!'' --Shak.

   3. To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of
      avail against; -- sometimes with of before a word
      designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such
      a word for the direct object. ``To help him of his
      blindness.''

Holp \Holp\, Holpen \Hol"pen\,
   imp. & p. p. of {Help}. [Obs.] --Shak.