succorable


suc·cor

S0859600 (sŭk′ər)n.1. Assistance in time of distress; relief.2. One that affords assistance or relief: "There is a higher beauty still in ... being a succor to the oppressed" (Charles Sumner).tr.v. suc·cored, suc·cor·ing, suc·cors To give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress: succor the poor.
[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.]
suc′cor·a·ble adj.suc′cor·er n.