Definition of suffer

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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..

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Confessor :: Confessor (n.) One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith..
Tolerate :: Tolerate (v. t.) To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices..
Suffering :: Sufferer (n.) One who permits or allows.
Endurable :: Endurable (a.) Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable.
Vent :: Vent (v. t.) To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint..
Sever :: Sever (v. i.) To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask..
Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
Die :: Die (v. i.) To suffer death; to lose life.
Distress :: Distress (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
Incorruptible :: Incorruptible (n.) One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the reign of the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, pain, only in appearance..
Rupture :: Rupture (v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.
Sorrow :: Sorrow (n.) The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness..
Cost :: Cost (v. t.) To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
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..
Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. i.) To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate..
Spill :: Spill (v. t.) To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour..
Sufferer :: Sufferance (n.) A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods.
Penurious :: Penurious (a.) Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.
Insufferable :: Insufferable (a.) Offensive beyond endurance; detestable.
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