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.
Suffer(v. i.) To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.
Suffer(v. i.) To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.
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.
Suffer(v. t.) To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
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.
Suffer(v. t.) To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
Sufferable(a.) Able to suffer or endure; patient.
Sufferable(a.) That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable.
Sufferance(n.) The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance.
Sufferance(n.) Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.
Sufferance(n.) Loss; damage; injury.
Sufferance(n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.
Sufferance(n.) Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave.
Sufferance(n.) A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods.
Suffered(imp. & p. p.) of Suffer
Sufferer(n.) One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea.
Sufferer(n.) One who permits or allows.
Suffering(a.) Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.
Suffering(n.) The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs.
Suffering(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suffer
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