SUCCOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does succour mean? 

• SUCCOUR (noun)
  The noun SUCCOUR has 1 sense:

1. assistance in time of difficulty

  Familiarity information: SUCCOUR used as a noun is very rare.

• SUCCOUR (verb)
  The verb SUCCOUR has 1 sense:

1. help in a difficult situation

  Familiarity information: SUCCOUR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUCCOUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assistance in time of difficulty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ministration; relief; succor; succour

Context example:

the contributions provided some relief for the victims

Hypernyms ("succour" is a kind of...):

aid; assist; assistance; help (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "succour"):

comfort; consolation; solace (the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction)

mercy (alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed)

Derivation:

succour (help in a difficult situation)

• SUCCOUR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they succour    ... he / she / it succours   
Past simple: succoured   
Past participle: succoured   
-ing form: succouring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Help in a difficult situation

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

succor; succour

Hypernyms (to "succour" is one way to...):

aid; assist; help (give help or assistance; be of service)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

succour (assistance in time of difficulty)

succourer (someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty)

 Context examples 

From you only could I hope for succour, although towards you I felt no sentiment but that of hatred.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“Who has done this?” exclaimed Miss Mills, succouring her friend.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And if you are inclined to despise the day of small things, seek some more efficient succour than such as I can offer.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

She continued by the side of her sister, with little intermission the whole afternoon, calming every fear, satisfying every inquiry of her enfeebled spirits, supplying every succour, and watching almost every look and every breath.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

In this manner many appalling hours passed; several of my dogs died, and I myself was about to sink under the accumulation of distress when I saw your vessel riding at anchor and holding forth to me hopes of succour and life.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)