Editing Succor

==English==

===Alternative forms===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/succor succor] (US)

===Etymology===
From Middle English ''socour'' (“help, aid”), from Old French ''secours'' (modern French [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/secours secours]), from Latin ''succursus'', from ''succurrere'' (“to run to help”), from ''sub-'' + ''currere''.

===Transliteratoin Pronunciation===
* Hangul (US): 서커
* Katakana (US): サカー

===Noun===
''US spelling''

# [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aid aid], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assistance assistance], or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/relief relief] given to one in [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/distress distress]; help or support.
#* ''She cried out for succor in her time of need.''
# Aid or assistance in a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/military military] sense, especially [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reinforcement reinforcements] (troops, supplies).
#* ''The army called for succor before the siege worsened.''
# (obsolete, rare) [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/protection protection] or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shelter shelter].
====Derived terms====
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/succourless succourless] / [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/succorless succorless]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unsuccoured unsuccoured] / [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unsuccored unsuccored]

===Verb===
''US spelling''

# To give [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aid aid] or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/help help]; to assist.
#* ''They rushed to succor the injured man.''
# (military) To provide aid, especially to a place under [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/siege siege].
#* ''Reinforcements were sent to succor the city.''
# (obsolete) To [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/protect protect] or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shelter shelter].

====Alternative forms====
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/succour succour] (UK)

====Derived terms====
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/succourer succourer] / [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/succorer succorer]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unsuccoured unsuccoured]

====Other Dictionary Entries for "Succor"====
[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/succor Merriam Webster's Entry for "Succor"]
[https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/succor Webster 1828 Entry for "Succor"]