The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
He is able to succor them that are tempted.
--Heb. ii.
18.
Syn: To aid; assist; relieve; deliver; help; comfort.
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vb. (en-past of: succor)
Usage examples of "succored".
And, without being told it, we know that the, foreign sufferers she has rescued from oppression and starvation are the most eager of her children to welcome us, because, having suffered themselves, they know what suffering is, and having been generously succored, they long to be generous to other unfortunates and thus show that magnanimity is not wasted upon them.
And I grew still more uneasy, when I found that any succored and befriended refugee from Ireland or elsewhere could stand up before that judge and swear, away the life or liberty or character of a refugee from China.
I heard of you from those you had succored, and hoping and fearing, I came here to be consoled as tenderly as if I were a sister.
Violate his pledged word, or effectively cripple the abilities of those who had succored and adopted him to defend themselves.
These were the blessed children of the Lords Protector, the weak to be succored, the homeless to be sheltered, the hungry to be fed.
But be has also been succored by one of the toughest, sanest, most humane men ever to wear our uniform.