transcription, транскрипция: [ sʌkə(r) ]
( succours, succouring, succoured)
Note: in AM, use 'succor'
1.
Succour is help given to people who are suffering or in difficulties. ( FORMAL )
...a commitment to give succour to populations involved in the conflict.
= assistance
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you succour someone who is suffering or in difficulties, you help them. ( FORMAL )
Helicopters fly in appalling weather to succour shipwrecked mariners.
= assist, aid
VERB : V n