- 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. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. The person or thing that brings relief. Source: opted
- 4. n. assistance in time of difficulty Source: wordnet
- 5. v. help in a difficult situation Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 8. n:100 v. help in a difficult situation Source: ecdict
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