succor
pronunciation
How to pronounce succor in British English:
UK ['sʌkə]
How to pronounce succor in American English:
US [ˈsʌkɚ]
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- Noun:
- assistance in time of difficulty
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- Verb:
- help in a difficult situation
Word Origin
- succor (n.)
- c. 1200, socour, earlier socours "aid, help," from Anglo-French succors "help, aid," Old French socors, sucurres "aid, help, assistance" (Modern French secours), from Medieval Latin succursus "help, assistance," from past participle of Latin succurrere "run to help, hasten to the aid of," from assimilated form of sub "up to" (see sub-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Final -s mistaken in English as a plural inflection and dropped late 13c. Meaning "one who aids or helps" is from c. 1300.
- succor (v.)
- late 13c., "help or relieve when in difficulty," from Old French succurre "to help, assist" (Modern French secourir), from Latin succerrere "to help, assist" (see succor (n.)). Related: Succored; succoring.
Example
- 1. They were busy providing succor to the injured .
- 2. Study on difficulty of enforcing medical succor of destitute population .
- 3. Thoughts of setting up succor mechanism in middle and small mine enterprises .
- 4. It would have been better to summon the other insurgents to his succor against jean valjean , to get himself shot by force .
- 5. Their succor amounted to a blood-letting and a few cold compresses .