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   Suc·cor

   /ˈsəkər/

   

   noun

   • 1. assistance and support in times of hardship and distress: "the wounded had little chance of succor"
   • ▪ reinforcements of troops.

   verb

   • 1. give assistance or aid to: "prisoners of war were liberated and succored"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin succursus, from Latin succurrere ‘run to the help of’, from sub- ‘from below’ + currere ‘run’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. succorless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   The meaning of SUCCOR is relief; also : aid, help. How to use succor in a sentence. Did you know?

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   Succor definition: help; relief; aid; assistance.. See examples of SUCCOR used in a sentence.

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   SUCCOR definition: 1. US spelling of succour 2. help given to someone, especially someone who is suffering or in need…. Learn more.

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   What is the meaning of succor?

   • On this page, you can find the meaning of succor. Succor means to run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress. It also means aid or help, especially assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. (Definition 1 and 2)

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   Is 'succor' a noun or a verb?

   • That Latin verb was a composite of the prefix sub- (meaning "from below") and the verb "currere" (meaning "to run"). "Succor" has been saving the day in English (as both a noun and a verb) since at least the 13th century. Noun We see it as our duty to give succor to those in need. Israel has no viable alternative to the succor of the United States.

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   What does it mean if you succor a person?

   • 1. Succor is help given to people who are suffering or in difficulties. [formal] [...] 2. If you succor someone who is suffering or in difficulties, you help them. [formal] [...] present simple: I succor, you succor [...] past simple: I succored, you succored [...]

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   What does socour mean?

   • Middle English socour, sucurs (taken as plural), from Anglo-French sucur, sucors, from Medieval Latin succursus, from Latin succurrere to run to the rescue, bring aid, from sub- + currere to run — more at car 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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   Synonyms for SUCCOR: assistance, support, encouragement, assist, aid, help, relief, guidance; Antonyms of SUCCOR: interference, obstruction, restraint, frustration, inhibition, repression, constraint, discouragement

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   Succor is relief or help. If you've just woken up in the midst of a lion's den, wearing nothing but raw meat pajamas — sounds like you could use some succor!

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   verb transitive. 1. to give assistance to in time of need or distress; help; aid; relieve. noun. 2. aid; help; relief. 3. a person or thing that succors. British ˈsuccour.

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   Definitions of 'succor'. 1. Succor is help given to people who are suffering or in difficulties. [formal] [...] 2. If you succor someone who is suffering or in difficulties, you help them. [formal] [...] More.