Succor /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Succored; p. pr. & vb. n. Succoring

1. 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.

   He is able to succor them that are tempted.

1. Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress.

   My noble father . . . Flying for succor to his servant Bannister.

2. The person or thing that brings relief.

   This mighty succor, which made glad the foe.