assisting /əˈsɪstɪŋ/adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •(no longer used) Helpful; auxiliary (to).In the meantime, he plainly perceived that she would not stoop to be directly assisting to his views on Laura. — 1789 noun1 •assistance; help given[…] through atonement for sin by the death of Christ the world has been blessed with a dispensation of helping influences — the gracious and altogether sufficient assistings of the Holy Ghost. — 1871 formsassistings · more assisting · most assisting