Crossword clues for succoring
succoring
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of succor English)
Usage examples of "succoring".
Should we all go on and perish, there will be none to guide a succoring party to Dejah Thoris and your daughter.
At his side fights a huge Martian war-hound, nor did I need a second look to know that it was Woola--my faithful Woola who had thus well performed his arduous task and brought the succoring legions in the nick of time.
To uncover my breast for an instant would have been to court sudden death, but I saw no other way than to chance it, if by so doing I might rescue that oncoming, succoring fleet.
So many had recourse to the monts-de-piété that the government funds—originally meant for the succoring of the poor—were rapidly depleted.