SUFFER
\sˈʌfə], \sˈʌfə], \s_ˈʌ_f_ə]\
Definitions of SUFFER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
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be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
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feel pain or be in pain
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feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"
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get worse; "His grades suffered"
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endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
By Princeton University
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undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
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be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
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feel pain or be in pain
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feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"
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get worse; "His grades suffered"
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endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.
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To endure.
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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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To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
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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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To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
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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.
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To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.
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To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.
By Oddity Software
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A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.
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To endure.
By Noah Webster.
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To endure.
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To have a painful experience; feel pain.
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To undergo; experience.
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To sustain loss or injury.
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To tolerate; allow.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To feel with pain; undergo; bear; endure; experlence; tolerate; as, they would no longer suffer his evil deeds.
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To feel pain or punishment; be in distress; endure loss or injury.
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Sufferable.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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