"Legend has it that on the longest day of thousandth year, the stars will <span style="color:#ff0000;">aid in</span> her escape and, she will bring about night-time eternal."<br/><br/>Does the phrasal verb(?) "<span style="color:#ff0000;">aid in</span>" in the sentence have the completely same meaning to one verb "<span style="color:#ff0000;">aid</span>"?<br/><br/>The sentence is quoted from <div class='ytl __responsive' style='visibility: inherit; '><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='640' height='393' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ag8L23mUASs?autoplay=0&amp;wmode=opaque allowfullscreen' frameborder = '0'></iframe></div> at 03:59<br/>The transcription is in <a href='http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Friendship_is_Magic,_part_1' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Friendship_is_Magic,_part_1</a>