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succoring


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Succor  \Suc"cor\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Succored};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Succoring}.]  [OE.  socouren  OF  sucurre  soucourre 
  secorre  F.  secourir  L.  succurrere  succursum  to  run  under 
  run  to  the  aid  of  help,  succor;  sub  under  +  currere  to  run. 
  See  {Current}.] 
  To  run  to  or  run  to  support;  hence  to  help  or  relieve  when 
  in  difficulty,  want  or  distress;  to  assist  and  deliver  from 
  suffering;  to  relieve;  as  to  succor  a  besieged  city. 
  [Written  also  {succour}.] 
 
  He  is  able  to  succor  them  that  are  tempted.  --Heb.  ii 
  18. 
 
  Syn:  To  aid;  assist;  relieve;  deliver;  help;  comfort. 




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