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Succor   /sˈəkər/   Listen
noun
Succor  n.  
1.
Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. "We beseech mercy and succor." "My noble father... Flying for succor to his servant Bannister."
2.
The person or thing that brings relief. "This mighty succor, which made glad the foe."


verb
Succor  v. t.  (past & past part. succored; pres. part. succoring)  (Written also succour)  To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city. "He is able to succor them that are tempted."
Synonyms: To aid; assist; relieve; deliver; help; comfort.





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"Succor" Quotes from Famous Books



... the verge of breaking down and sobbing. His strength had gone long ago, and now all his courage went too. With his gratitude there mingled a cowardly joy that he had not been left to fight things out alone and be beaten, that succor had come at the supreme moment. Ardently admiring as well as fervently thanking, he watched the friend in need, the splendid ally, the only agent of Providence ...
— The Devil's Garden • W. B. Maxwell
... directed their captains to sail for Annapolis and aid in its capture, they refused, saying that they had no orders from the court. [Footnote: ettre d'un Habitant de Louisbourg.] Duvivier protracted the parley with Mascarene, and waited in vain for the promised succor. At length the truce was broken off, and the garrison, who had profited by it to get rest and sleep, greeted the renewal ...
— A Half-Century of Conflict, Volume II • Francis Parkman
... said at length, in the quiet, concentrated tone of strong emotion; "or are we deceived as to the meaning of your words? Pollution! Are we to see a young, unhappy being perish for want of sympathy and succor, because—forsooth—she is a Jewess? Danger to our soul! We should indeed fear it; did we leave her to die, without one effort to restore health to the frame, and the peace of Christ to the mind! Has every spark of woman's nature faded ...
— The Vale of Cedars • Grace Aguilar
... and appreciated his quiet worth. After accomplishing the feat of letting them know, at least half a dozen times, that he was glad once more to see his brother with them, he got hopelessly wrecked, and gazed hard at his plate for inspiration. Finding no succor there, his thoughts again galloped off to the young woman who had come late, where they evidently delighted to linger. A peaceful smile stole over the speaker's worried face, and absently taking up his fork he began to drum contentedly on the table with it, utterly forgetful of those ...
— A Lover in Homespun - And Other Stories • F. Clifford Smith
... you did not know who and what I was, I had a mother's right to watch over you. I could help you without disgracing you, without despising you. But now that you know me, and know what I am, I can do nothing more for you—nothing! I would rather let you starve than succor you, for I would rather see you dead than ...
— Baron Trigault's Vengeance - Volume 2 (of 2) • Emile Gaboriau


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