succor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: succor	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
succor n assistance in time of difficulty; "the contributions provided some relief for the victims" Synonym(s): relief, succor, succour, ministration v help in a difficult situation Synonym(s): succor, succour
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Succor \Suc"cor\, n. [OE. socours, sucurs, OF. sucurs, socors, secors, F. secours, L. succursus, fr. L. succurrere. See {Succor}, v. t.] 1. Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. [bd]We beseech mercy and succor.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Succor \Suc"cor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Succored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Succoring}.] [OE. socouren, OF. sucurre, soucourre, secorre, F. secourir, L. succurrere, succursum, to run under, run to the aid of, help, succor; sub under + currere to run. See {Current}.] 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. [Written also {succour}.] He is able to succor them that are tempted. --Heb. ii. 18. Syn: To aid; assist; relieve; deliver; help; comfort.