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succor

[ suhk-er ]

noun

  1. help; relief; aid; assistance.

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  2. a person or thing that gives help, relief, aid, etc.


verb (used with object)

  1. to help or relieve.

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Spelling Note

See -or 1.
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Other Word Forms

  • ܳcǰ·· adjective
  • ܳcǰ· noun
  • ԴDz·ܳcǰ noun
  • un·ܳcǰ·· adjective
  • ܲ·ܳcǰ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of succor1

1250–1300; (verb) Middle English sucuren from Old French suc(c)urre, socorre from Latin succurrere “to go beneath, run to help,” equivalent to suc- suc- + currere “to run” ( current ); (noun) Middle English soc(o)ur, back formation from sucurs (taken as plural) from Old French from Medieval Latin succursus, equivalent to Latin succur(rere) + -sus, var of -tus suffix of verbal action
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Give L.A. the succor it needs, while you still have time.

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Seeking succor when the world seems to be closing in on you is a quintessentially human habit.

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For many, of course, participating in this culture has been a source of succor, whether in the dog days of “brat summer” or the depths of election week 2020.

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By most accounts, packages arrived on schedule, while consumers jonesing for Iced Brown Sugar Oat Milk Shaken Espressos almost certainly managed to find sugar and succor elsewhere.

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Roosevelt’s presidency established a new principle in American politics through the New Deal, that government exists to succor all its people, not just the wealthy.

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