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succor
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synonyms: ministration ???
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Definition:1. v.t. to assist: to relieve.2. n. aid: relief.Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908)
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“we pray your indulgence and mercy with regard to a lady in need of succor and safe refuge. [...]"
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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I will be the finger next thy thumb : insomuch as thou shalt never repent thee of the one or the other, for persuade thyself that thou shalt find Philautus during life ready to comfort thee in thy misfortunes, and succour thee in thy necessity.
John Lyly. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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He had seen many women weep these days, and had dried many a tear through deeds of valour and of self-sacrifice, which were for ever recorded in the hearts of those whom he had succoured.
Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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"He will be your support and your succor."
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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Joseph hastened to administer a dose of spirits, and by their succour his master presently regained motion and consciousness.
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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