succor. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

succor

SYLLABICATION:	suc·cor
PRONUNCIATION:	skr
NOUN:	1. Assistance in time of distress; relief. 2. One that affords assistance or relief.
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: suc·cored, suc·cor·ing, suc·cors To give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress. See synonyms at help.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English sucur, back-formation from sucurs (taken as pl.), from Old French secors, from Medieval Latin succursus, from past participle of Latin succurrere, to run to the aid of : sub-, sub- + currere, to run; see kers- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	succor·a·ble —ADJECTIVE succor·er —NOUN


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