succor

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I am the last man to say that the succor which is given to us from America is not something in itself to rejoice in, and to rejoice in greatly.

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  1. noun Assistance in time of distress; relief.
  2. noun One that affords assistance or relief.
  3. transitive verb To give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress. See Synonyms at help.

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  • Or if the canoes had really been sent for succor, the long time that had elapsed without tidings of them, gave reason to believe they had perished by the way. —  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)
  • Even then, what a stretch of country it seemed between us and that blessed veil of sand, through which we perceived dimly that succor was at hand My horse was rather given to snuggling, and pressed so against the general that he made his leg very uncomfortable sometimes. —  BOOTS AND SADDLES: OR LIFE IN DAKOTA WITH GENERAL CUSTER
  • He can reach out, touch, and succor -- literally run to us -- and strengthen us to be more than we could ever be and help us to do that which we could never do through relying only upon our own power. —  Latest Articles
  • My own current state of disenchantment with the US stems from its apparent abandoning of capitalist principles for the short-term succor that is offered (but unlikely to be actually delivered) by socialist intervention. —  Asia Times Online
  • By daylight the next morning this timely succor was at Gallipolis. —  The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes
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  1. 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 Indo-European roots.
 

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