Thesaurus: succor

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress.
3. v. t. The person or thing that brings relief.
4. n. assistance in time of difficulty
5. v. help in a difficult situation
6. tiono 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. 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.
7. tiono run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve whenin difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver fromsuffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city. [Written alsosuccour.]He is able to succor them that are tempted. Heb. ii. 18.
8. n:100 v. help in a difficult situation