Definition of suffer

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Suffering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suffe.

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Inflict :: Inflict (v. t.) To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal..
Endure :: Endure (v. i.) To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out..
Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave.
Passive :: Passive (a.) Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene..
Insufferable :: Insufferable (a.) Incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable; as, insufferable heat, cold, or pain; insufferable wrongs..
Power :: Power (n.) Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance..
Neuropathic :: Neuropathic (a.) Of or pertaining to neuropathy; of the nature of, or suffering from, nervous disease..
Egence :: Egence (n.) The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want..
Share :: Share (v. i.) To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others..
Agonize :: Agonize (v. t.) To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.
Sufferance :: Sufferable (a.) That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable..
Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) 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..
Slaver :: Slaver (v. i.) To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
Agony :: Agony (n.) Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane..
Patience :: Patience (n.) The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc..
Insufferable :: Insufferable (a.) Offensive beyond endurance; detestable.
Penalty :: Penalty (n.) The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine..
Permissive :: Permissive (a.) Permitted; tolerated; suffered.
Prove :: Prove (v. t.) To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer.
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