ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Aid; help; relief. One that affords assistance or relief. A person or thing that succors.

Detailed explanation-2: -succor • -er • noun. 1 : relief; also : aid, help 2 : something that furnishes relief.

Detailed explanation-3: -succor (v.) late 13c., “help or relieve when in difficulty, ” from Old French succurre “to help, assist” (Modern French secourir), from Latin succurrere “to help, assist” (see succor (n.)).

Detailed explanation-4: -I spoke to their widows and sought to bring them some comfort and succour in their hour of need. During this debate, we have a responsibility to give them succour. Nor do they wish to drive them to seek succour elsewhere.

Detailed explanation-5: -Aid can be a verb, a noun, or an adjective. It is synonymous with the words “help” or “assist” when used as a verb, and again “help” and “assistance” when used as a noun: He stayed home so he could aid his aging parents. The first round of financial aid was granted to the developing country.