succour
Meaning
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- Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
- Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.
- Protection, refuge, shelter; (countable) a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter.
Synonyms
do good
be of use
do good to
Help
delivering from sin
save one’s life
witness for
benefact
be of assistance
aid money
bring through
Hyphenated as
suc‧cour
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsʌkə/
Etymology
In summary
The noun is derived from Middle English socour, interpreted as the singular form of socours (“help; encouragement; remedy; protection; helper, protector”), which is from Anglo-Norman socurs, sucurs and Old French secors, secours, (modern French secours), from Medieval Latin succursus (participle), from Latin succurrēre (“to run to the help of”), from Latin sub- (“from below”) + Latin currere (“run”). The verb is derived from Middle English socouren (“to help”), from Anglo-Norman socure (compare modern French secourir), also from Latin succurrēre.
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