Definition of suffer

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Suffer (v. t.) 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..

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Dishevel :: Dishevel (v. t.) To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.
Patient :: Patient (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering..
Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
Than :: Than (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that y
Pleuritical :: Pleuritical (a.) Suffering from pleurisy.
Famish :: Famish (v. i.) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish..
Feverish :: Feverish (a.) Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish..
Long-sufferance :: Long-sufferance (n.) Forbearance to punish or resent.
Gaunt :: Gaunt (a.) Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim..
Haggard :: Haggard (a.) Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes..
Breathe :: Breathe (v. t.) To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse..
Passion :: Passion (n.) A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross..
Spend :: Spend (v. t.) To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad..
Starve :: Starve (v. i.) To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
Commemorate :: Commemorate (v. t.) To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July..
Suffer :: Suffer (v. i.) To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death..
Continue :: Continue (v. t.) To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live..
Suffer :: Suffer (v. i.) 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..
Maintain :: Maintain (v. t.) To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation..
Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden..
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