Aid and Tend

Aid

Aid verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Tend and aid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tend" instead a verb "Aid".

Nearby Words: aids, aided, aide, aiding, aider

Tend verb - To show a liking or proneness (for something).

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Aid and tend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aid" instead a verb "Tend".

character	aid character	tend character
people	aid people	tend people
someone	aid someone	tend someone
way	aid way	tend way
Other words: characters, magic, creatures, members.

The first two tend to return to aid humanity time and again and the latter has been a hero under several names including Gilgamesh and Samson and been mistaken for other heroes like Hercules.

Source: Eternal Hero
They tend to be very shy and easily startled, but if a character is pure at heart, she will be allowed among them, and they will even come to her aid.

Source: Woodland Creatures
Not that it's entirely successful, mind you, but it does tend to get them aid as long as they make promises they can later just go back on.

Source: Appeal to Force

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