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Definition of Succor

1. Verb. Help in a difficult situation.

2. Noun. Assistance in time of difficulty. "The contributions provided some relief for the victims"

Definition of Succor

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. n. Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress.

Definition of Succor

1. Noun. Aid, assistance or relief given to one in distress; ministration. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) to give such assistance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Succor

1. to go to the aid of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Succor

succinimidyls succinite succinites succinonitrile succinonitriles succint succinyl succinylacetone succinylation succinylcholine

succinyls succinylsulfathiazole succinyltransferase succise succision succor (current term) succorable succored succorer succorers

succorest succoreth succories succoring succorless succors succory succose succot succotash

Literary usage of Succor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"In a treaty of succor, the ally stipulates to furnish certain assistance in troops, ships of war, ... If the succor is to consist of troops, they are called ..."

2. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton, William Beach Lawrence (1855)
"An alliance may also be both offensive and defensive. General alliances are to be distinguished from treaties tinction i>e- of limited succor and subsidy. ..."

3. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"—succor FROM BELOW MAY TURN OUT TO BE succor FROM ON HIGH. I.—A WOUND WITHOUT, HEALING WITHIN. THUS their life clouded over by degrees. ..."

4. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"Where one state," says "Wheaton, " stipulates to furnish to another a limited succor of troops, ships of war, money, or provisions, without any promise ..."

5. Spanish Papers by Washington Irving (1895)
"Of the Raft Built by the Moors, and how it was Boarded by Admiral Bonifaz—Destruction of the Moorish Fleet—succor from Africa. ..."

6. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"... the camp, the coasts of Europe and Asia, were lined with innumerable spectators, who anxiously awaited the event of this momentous succor. ..."

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