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Definition of Succours
1. succour [v] - See also: succour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Succours
Literary usage of Succours
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"... from Ireland to solicit the Parliament for succours, came from London to
Oxford, and delivered a petition to the King; in which they told him that 308. ..."
2. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"And indeed the condition of the Protestants in that kingdom was very miserable :
for whilst the distractions of England kept them from receiving succours, ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"The waste of power caused by drawing these succours to the Kit- spur. ... No help
that such succours might bring to that outlying part of the field could at ..."
4. The Early Naval History of England by Robert Southey (1835)
"the succours of England ! There is the cross of St. George ! God has heard our
prayers : He has heard us !" The lords ran presently to the window, ..."
5. The Lexington Papers: Or, Some Account of the Courts of London and Vienna by Robert Sutton Lexington (1851)
"The succours are proposed to be 3000 foot and 8OO odd horse,2 for which 26,0 >
crowns per month, and more, is demanded. ..."
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