Noah Webster
Succor
SUC'COR, verb transitive [Latin succurro; sub and curro, to run.]
Literally, to run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; as, to succor a besieged city; to succor prisoners.
He is able to succor them that are tempted. Hebrews 2:18.
SUC'COR, noun Aid; help; assistance; particularly, assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want or distress.
My father
Flying for succor to his servant Banister--
1. The person or thing that brings relief.
The city when pressed received succors from an unexpected quarter.
The mighty succor which made glad the foe.