Succor — Defs

01 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 rel…

imp. & p. p. Succored; p. pr. & vb. n. Succoring

1.
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.
“He is able to succor them that are tempted.” — Heb. ii. 18.

Syn. To aid; assist; relieve; deliver; help; comfort.

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

1.
Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress.
“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.