Succor1. (v. t.) 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.
2. (v. t.) Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress.
3. (n.) The person or thing that brings relief.
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