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succour US, succor [ˈsʌkə] n 1. help or assistance, esp in time of difficulty 2. a person or thing that provides help vb (tr) to give aid to [from Old French sucurir, from Latin succurrere to hurry to help, from sub- under + currere to run] succourable US, succorable adj succourer US, succorer n succourless US, succorless adj Succour ships collectively. Example: succour of galleys.
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succour noun Translations succour succor (Am) [ˈsʌkəʳ] (frm, liter) 2. vt → soccorrere, aiutare succour succor (Am) [ˈsʌkəʳ] (frm, liter) 2. vt → soccorrere, aiutare How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For in those plains and deserts where they engaged in combat and came out wounded, it was not always that there was some one to cure them, unless indeed they had for a friend some sage magician to succour them at once by fetching through the air upon a cloud some damsel or dwarf with a vial of water of such virtue that by tasting one drop of it they were cured of their hurts and wounds in an instant and left as sound as if they had not received any damage whatever. The poor, as we have already said, whom she sought out to be the objects of her bounty, often reviled the hand that was stretched forth to succour them. She continued by the side of her sister, with little intermission the whole afternoon, calming every fear, satisfying every inquiry of her enfeebled spirits, supplying every succour, and watching almost every look and every breath. |
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