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Webster 1913 Edition

Helpless

Help′less

,
Adj.
1.
Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one’s self; needing help; feeble; weak;
as, a helpless infant
.
How shall I then your
helpless
fame defend?
Pope.
2.
Beyond help; irremediable.
Some
helpless
disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body.
Milton.
3.
Bringing no help; unaiding.
[Obs.]
Yet since the gods have been
Helpless
foreseers of my plagues.
Chapman.
4.
Unsupplied; destitute; – with of.
[R.]
–
Help′less-ly
,
adv.
–
Help′less-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Helpless

HELP'LESS

,
Adj.
Without help in one's self; destitute of the power or means to succor or relieve one's self. A person is rendered helpless by weakness, or want of means.
An infant is helpless.
1.
Destitute of support or assistance.
How shall I then your helpless fame defend?
2.
Admitting no help; irremediable. [Not used.]
3.
Unsupplied; destitute.
Helpless of all that human wants require. [Not used.]

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