suf´fer|er

suf´fer|er
suf|fer «SUHF uhr», intransitive verb.
1. to have pain, grief, or injury: »

to suffer in silence, to suffer from malaria. She suffers from a headache. Very sick people may suffer. He suffered from the constant heckling of his guards.

2. to experience harm or loss: »

His business suffered greatly during the war. Neither plane nor passengers suffered much from the forced landing.

3. to undergo punishment or be executed.
4. Obsolete. to endure patiently: »

Charity suffereth long and is kind (I Corinthians 13:4).

–v.t.
1. to have or feel (pain, grief, or injury): »

to suffer great strain. He suffered harm from being out in the storm.

2. to be subjected to; experience; undergo: »

The party suffered a serious defeat in the last election.

3. to allow; permit: »

Suffer the little children to come unto me (Mark 10:14).

4. to bear (something) with patience; endure; tolerate: »

I will not suffer such insults. For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise (II Corinthians 11:19).

╂[< Anglo-French suffrir, Old French sufrir, < Latin sufferre < sub- up + ferre to bear]
–suf´fer|er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • suf´fer|a|ble|ness — suf|fer|a|ble «SUHF uhr uh buhl, SUHF ruh », adjective. that can be endured; tolerable; bearable. –suf´fer|a|ble|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

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  • suf´fer|ing|ly — suf|fer|ing «SUHF uhr ihng, SUHF rihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the condition of being in pain; pain: »Hunger causes suffering. Motherhood will give the mother much suffering to bear (Newsweek). Those little anodynes that deaden suffering (Emily …   Useful english dictionary

  • suf|fer|ing — «SUHF uhr ihng, SUHF rihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the condition of being in pain; pain: »Hunger causes suffering. Motherhood will give the mother much suffering to bear (Newsweek). Those little anodynes that deaden suffering (Emily Dickinson) …   Useful english dictionary

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  • in|suf´fer|a|bly — in|suf|fer|a|ble «ihn SUHF uhr uh buhl, SUHF ruh », adjective. not sufferable; unbearable; intolerable: »His insufferable rudeness cost him many friends. A sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit (Edgar Allan Poe). SYNONYM(S):… …   Useful english dictionary

  • in|suf´fer|a|ble|ness — in|suf|fer|a|ble «ihn SUHF uhr uh buhl, SUHF ruh », adjective. not sufferable; unbearable; intolerable: »His insufferable rudeness cost him many friends. A sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit (Edgar Allan Poe). SYNONYM(S):… …   Useful english dictionary

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