Succour
[sʌkә]
Definition
v.t. to assist: to relieve.—n. aid: relief.—n. Succ′ourer.—adj. Succ′ourless destitute of succour.
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Examples
- Pardon, succour, and brotherly love await your repentance. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And if you are inclined to despise the day of small things, seek some more efficient succour than such as I can offer. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The priest came to your succour, and the physician, as we have seen, supervened. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- From you only could I hope for succour, although towards you I felt no sentiment but that of hatred. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- They could not place reliance on them, but turned with tenfold dependence to the succour and advice of their equals. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Now God be gracious to me, said Rebecca, for the succour of man is well-nigh hopeless! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There were no more poor and injured and humble to protect and succour. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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