Example sentences from the Web for succour

But transient indeed were their expectations of succour and assistance.
The Highlands of Ethiopia|William Cornwallis Harris
The poor victim of this pertinacious interrogatory now beat about within herself for succour.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete|George Meredith
They felt little regret at his fate, but every motive concurred to secure their affection and succour to me.
Ormond, Volume III (of 3)|Charles Brockden Brown
The rest died where they fell, with no kindly hand to give them succour, no British voice to breathe a burial prayer.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6)|Louis Creswicke

There were troops on their way to Holbeach, but it was not for succour.
It Might Have Been|Emily Sarah Holt

succour

US succor

/ (ˈsʌkə) /

noun

help or assistance, esp in time of difficulty

a person or thing that provides help

verb

(tr) to give aid to

Derived forms of succour

succourable or US succorable, adjectivesuccourer or US succorer, nounsuccourless or US succorless, adjective

Word Origin for succour

C13: from Old French sucurir, from Latin succurrere to hurry to help, from sub- under + currere to run

Words nearby succour

succorance, succorrhea, succory, succotash, succoth, succour, succuba, succubous, succubus, succulent, succumb

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	succour
释义	Example sentences from the Web for succour But transient indeed were their expectations of succour and assistance. The Highlands of Ethiopia\|William Cornwallis Harris The poor victim of this pertinacious interrogatory now beat about within herself for succour. Rhoda Fleming, Complete\|George Meredith They felt little regret at his fate, but every motive concurred to secure their affection and succour to me. Ormond, Volume III (of 3)\|Charles Brockden Brown The rest died where they fell, with no kindly hand to give them succour, no British voice to breathe a burial prayer. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6)\|Louis Creswicke There were troops on their way to Holbeach, but it was not for succour. It Might Have Been\|Emily Sarah Holt succour US succor / (ˈsʌkə) / noun help or assistance, esp in time of difficulty a person or thing that provides help verb (tr) to give aid to Derived forms of succour succourable or US succorable, adjectivesuccourer or US succorer, nounsuccourless or US succorless, adjective Word Origin for succour C13: from Old French sucurir, from Latin succurrere to hurry to help, from sub- under + currere to run Words nearby succour succorance, succorrhea, succory, succotash, succoth, succour, succuba, succubous, succubus, succulent, succumb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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