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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Succor \Suc"cor\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Succored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Succoring}.] [OE. socouren, OF. sucurre, soucourre, secorre, F. secourir, L. succurrere, succursum, to run under, run to the aid of, help, succor; sub under + currere to run. See {Current}.] 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. [Written also {succour}.]
He is able to succor them that are tempted. --Heb. ii. 18.
Syn: To aid; assist; relieve; deliver; help; comfort.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Succor \Suc"cor\, noun [OE. socours, sucurs, OF. sucurs, socors, secors, F. secours, L. succursus, fr. L. succurrere. See {Succor}, verb (used with an object)]
1. Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. ''We beseech mercy and succor.'' --Chaucer.
My noble father . . . Flying for succor to his servant Bannister. --Shak.
2. The person or thing that brings relief.
This mighty succor, which made glad the foe. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
succor
noun: assistance in time of difficulty; "the contributions provided some relief for the victims" [syn: {relief}, {succour}, {ministration}]
verb: help in a difficult situation [syn: {succour}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "succor": abet, aid, alterative, analeptic, assist, assistance, avail, bail out, balm, balsam, bear a hand, befriend, benefit, comfort, corrective, cure, do good, doctor, ease, favor, give a boost, give a hand, give a lift, give help, good offices, hand, healing agent, healing quality, help, lend a hand, lend one aid, lift, maintenance, ministration, ministry, nourishment, office, offices, prescription, proffer aid, protect, protection, rally, receipt, recipe, reclaim, redeem, relief, relieve, remedial measure, remedy, render assistance, rescue, restorative, restore, resuscitate, revive, save, service, set up, sovereign remedy, specific, specific remedy, support, sustenance, take in tow, therapy
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