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Definition of Succouring
1. succour [v] - See also: succour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Succouring
Literary usage of Succouring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1839)
"siege to Samor ; by their succouring the people of Corcyra, and besieging Poll daea.
An open rupture ensues. Ant. j c. 440. against Samos in favour of ..."
2. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"... which, by employing all our forces, prevented us from succouring our colonies,
or checking the progress of the British power in India. ..."
3. The Scottish chiefs. Revised by Jane Porter (1862)
"purpose of succouring distressed travellers. Here Bruce found tue widow's cruse,
and a pallet to repose his wearied limbs. CHAPTER LIX. ..."
4. The Effect of Maritime Command on Land Campaigns Since Waterloo by Charles Edward Callwell (1897)
"The most prominent incidents of the Armenian campaign of 1855, doubt as best mod
of succouring the fortress. ..."
5. A history of the Knights of Malta by Whitworth Porter (1883)
"... the Bourg—Attack on Senglea—Repeated assaults on both points— Exhaustion of
the garrison—Arrival of a succouring force from Sicily— Close of the siege. ..."
6. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Medes and by Charles Rollin (1841)
"New subjects of contention between the two nations, occasioned by the Athenians
lay ing siege to Samor ; by their succouring the people of Corcyra, ..."
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