† secoursen.
Obsolete. rare.
Succour, aid, help, assistance.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun]
fultumeOE
help971
succour?c1225
abetc1330
succouringc1330
speedc1340
subsidya1387
rescousc1390
chevisancea1400
juvamentc1400
supply1420
aid1430
favour1434
supplying1436
suffrage1445
availa1450
boteningc1450
succurrancec1450
adjuvancea1460
assistance1495
meeda1500
subventiona1500
suppliancea1500
adjutory?a1513
sistancea1513
adminiculation1531
abetment1533
assisting1553
adjument1576
society1586
aidance1593
opitulation1598
secourse1598
second1605
suppeditation1605
assistency1642
auxiliation1657
adjutancy1665
adjuvancy1677
abettal1834
sustenance1839
constructiveness1882
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 54 b/2 Notwithstandinge all the secourse we coulde doe them, yet they dyed suddaynlye.
1610 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 89 To make use of such number of his subjects..for the secours of the Princes of Germany.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 471 Our mercifull King..gaue secourse to thousands of your ship-wracked people for many moneths.
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