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Try :: Try (v. t.) To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience..

Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies..

Patience :: Patience (n.) A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb..

Dysphoria :: Dysphoria (n.) Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets.

Winch :: Winch (v. i.) To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.

Stylo- :: Stylite (n.) One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint..

Cross :: Cross (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.

Longanimity :: Longanimity (n.) Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.

Patience :: Patience (n.) Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.

Temperance :: Temperance (v. t.) Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.

Zero :: Zero (n.) Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero..

Symbol :: Symbol (n.) A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience..

Trespass :: Trespass (v. i.) To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another..

Man :: Man (n.) A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose!.

Tire :: Tire (v. i.) To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires..

Winch :: Winch (n.) A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness..

Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.

Augment :: Augment (v. t.) To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil..

Weary :: Weary (v. t.) To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance..

Fret :: Fret (n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret..

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