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Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse.

-- Suc*cinct"ly, adv. -- Suc*cinct"ness, n.

Suc*cin"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. succinique. See Succinate.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C&?;H&?;.(CO&?;H)&?;, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.

Suc`cin*im"ide (?), n. (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido.

Suc"ci*nite (?), n. [Cf. F. succinite.] (Min.) (a) Amber. (b) A garnet of an amber color.

Suc"ci*nous (?), a. [From L. succinum amber.] Succinic. [R.]

Suc`cin*u"rate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of succinuric acid.

Suc`cin*u"ric (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide, analogous to succinamic acid, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by heating urea with succinic anhydride. It is known also in its salts.

Suc"cin*yl (?), n. [Succinic + -yl.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives.

Suc*cise" (?), a. [See Succision.] (Bot.) Appearing as if a part were cut off at the extremity.

Suc*ci"sion (?), n. [L. succisio, fr. succidere, succisum, to cut away below, sub under + caedere to cut.] The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off. [R.]

Suc"cor (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Succoring.] [OE. socouren, OF. sucurre, soucourre, secorre, F. secourir, L. succurrere, succursum, to run under, run to the aid of, help, succor; sub under + currere to run. See Current.] To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city. [Written also succour.]

He is able to succor them that are tempted.

Heb. ii. 18.

Syn. -- To aid; assist; relieve; deliver; help; comfort.

Suc"cor, n. [OE. socours, sucurs, OF. sucurs, socors, secors, F. secours, L. succursus, fr. L. succurrere. See Succor, v. t.] 1. Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. "We beseech mercy and succor." Chaucer.

My noble father . . . Flying for succor to his servant Bannister.

Shak.

2. The person or thing that brings relief.

This mighty succor, which made glad the foe.

Dryden.

Suc"cor*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.

Suc"cor*er (?), n. One who affords succor; a helper.

Suc"cor*less, a. Destitute of succor. Thomson.

Suc"co*ry (?), n. [Corrupted from chicory.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cichorium. See Chicory.

Suc"co*tash (?), n. [Narragansett Indian m'sickquatash corn boiled whole.] Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians. [Written also suckatash.]

Suc`co*teague" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The squeteague.

||Suc"cu*ba (?), n.; pl. Succubæ (#). [NL., fr. L. succubare to lie ||under; sub under + cubare to lie down; cf. L. succuba, succubo, one ||who lies under another.] A female demon or fiend. See Succubus.