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Suffer Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Suffer? [v] feel pain or be in pain [v] undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" [v] feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather" [v] get worse; "His grades suffered" [v] be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation" [v] put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat" [v] endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" [v] undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" [v] undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" [v] feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?" [v] be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Suffer: abide \| ache \| bear \| brook \| endure \| endure \| get \| hurt \| hurt \| meet \| put up \| stand \| stomach \| support \| sustain \| tolerate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Suffer: See Also \| accept \| agonise \| agonize \| ail \| allow \| anguish \| be \| be given \| bear up \| break up \| catch \| choke \| collapse \| comprehend \| countenance \| crack \| crack up \| crock up \| decline \| die \| experience \| experience \| experience \| famish \| feel \| freeze \| gag \| get \| go through \| grieve \| have \| hold still for \| hunger \| incline \| kill \| lean \| let \| live with \| lose \| pay \| perceive \| permit \| prick \| receive \| run \| see \| sit out \| sorrow \| stand for \| starve \| sting \| strangle \| submit \| suffocate \| swallow \| swelter \| take \| take a joke \| take lying down \| tend \| tolerate \| twinge \| undergo \| undergo \| undergo \| worsen Suffer In Webster's Dictionary \Suf"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffering}.] [OE. suffren, soffren, OF. sufrir, sofrir, F. souffrir, (assumed) LL. sofferire, for L. sufferre; sub under + ferre to bear, akin to E. bear. See {Bear} to support.] 1. To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind. 2. To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under. Our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer and support our pains. --Milton. 3. To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage. If your more ponderous and settled project May suffer alteration. --Shak. 4. To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate. Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. --Lev. xix. 17. I suffer them to enter and possess. --Milton. Syn: To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit; tolerate. See {Permit}. \Suf"fer\, v. i. 1. To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety. O well for him whose will is strong! He suffers, but he will not suffer long. --Tennyson. 2. To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death. The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following. --Clarendon. 3. To be injured; to sustain loss or damage. Public business suffers by private infirmities. --Sir W. Temple.

Suffer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Suffer?

[v] feel pain or be in pain
[v] undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
[v] feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"
[v] get worse; "His grades suffered"
[v] be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"
[v] put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"
[v] endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
[v] undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"
[v] undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
[v] feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
[v] be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"

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Suffer In Webster's Dictionary

\Suf"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Suffering}.] [OE. suffren, soffren, OF. sufrir, sofrir,
F. souffrir, (assumed) LL. sofferire, for L. sufferre; sub
under + ferre to bear, akin to E. bear. See {Bear} to
support.]
1. To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit
   to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain
   of body, or grief of mind.

2. To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to
   sustain; to bear up under.

         Our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer
         and support our pains.                --Milton.

3. To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience;
   as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to
   air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.

         If your more ponderous and settled project May
         suffer alteration.                    --Shak.

4. To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.

         Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not
         suffer sin upon him.                  --Lev. xix.
                                               17.

         I suffer them to enter and possess.   --Milton.

Syn: To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit;
     tolerate. See {Permit}.


\Suf"fer\, v. i.
1. To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is
   inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or
   sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.

         O well for him whose will is strong! He suffers, but
         he will not suffer long.              --Tennyson.

2. To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the
   penalty of death.

         The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day
         appointed, and the son afterwards the day following.
                                               --Clarendon.

3. To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.

         Public business suffers by private infirmities.
                                               --Sir W.
                                               Temple.

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