succor
[ suhk-er ]
noun
help; relief; aid; assistance.
a person or thing that gives help, relief, aid, etc.
verb (used with object)
to help or relieve.
Origin of succor
11250–1300; (verb) Middle English sucuren from Old French suc(c)urre, socorre from Latin succurrere “to go beneath, run to help,” equivalent to suc- suc- + currere “to run” (see current); (noun) Middle English soc(o)ur, back formation from sucurs (taken as plural) from Old French from Medieval Latin succursus, equivalent to Latin succur(rere) + -sus, var of -tus suffix of verbal action
- Also especially British, suc·cour .
synonym study For succor
3. See help.
usage note For succor
See -or1.
Other words for succor
Other words from succor
- suc·cor·a·ble, adjective
- suc·cor·er, noun
- non·suc·cor, noun
- un·suc·cor·a·ble, adjective
- un·suc·cored, adjective
Words that may be confused with succor
- succor , sucker
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How to use succor in a sentence
Hence religion seems to be less praiseworthy than the other virtues, for by them man is succoured.
On Prayer and The Contemplative Life | St. Thomas AquinasBy these the besieged were abundantly relieved and succoured with recruits and provisions when almost reduced to extremity.
Without the help of the ants that succoured Psyche against Venus that heap would indeed be ill to sort.
The English Novel | George SaintsburyAh, fair knights, said Bleoberis, why have ye succoured that false knight and traitor?
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II) | Thomas MaloryAnd once and again she came with a great army and mightily interposed in service of Holy Church and succoured her.
Villani's Chronicle | Giovanni Villani
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