Editing Succor (section)

==English==

===Etymology===
From Middle English ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/socour socour]'' (“[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/help help], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aid aid]”), from Old French ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/secours secours]'' (modern French [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/secours secours]), from Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/succursus succursus]'', from ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/succurrere succurrere]'' (“to [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/run run] to [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/help help]”), from ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sub- sub-]'' + ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/currere 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.
#* ''Yugen cried out for succor in his time of need, and a magical nurse floated down to assist.''[[File:Succor - Angel Rescuing Figure from Bathtub (Earthbath) Under Night Sky.png|alt=Grayscale pixel-art scene of a person lying in a bathtub outdoors at night while a winged figure reaches down from the sky to pull them up, symbolizing rescue or aid.|thumb|Succor -  A winged figure descends from the night sky to rescue a vulnerable person from a bathtub in a desolate landscape. Commissioned by MoribundMurdoch; artwork by @pixel_paul.]]
# 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].

===Walkthrough Video===
{{#ev:youtube|ddbM6IzMWmo|400|center|Video walkthrough for ''succor''}}

====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"]

====References====
* [https://www.fiverr.com/pixel_paul Pixel_Paul (pixel artist on Fiverr)]