Suffer definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SUF'FER, v.t.[L ... distressing, either to the body or mind; to undergo. We suffer pain of body; we suffer grief of mind. The criminal suffers punishment; the sinner suffers ... pangs of conscience in this life, and is condemned to suffer the wrath of an offended God. We often suffer wrong; we suffer abuse; we suffer injustice. 2. To endure; to support; ...
... suffers 2. pain Synonyms: see distress Webster's 1913 Dictionary Suffer Suf"fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffered; p. pr ... submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind. 2. To endure ... bear up under. Our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer and support our pains. --Milton. 3. 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. If your more ponderous and settled project May suffer alteration. --Shak. 4. To allow; to permit; not to ...
To suffer a default definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Default De*fault ... and fishes in default of the real ones. --Arbuthnot. To suffer a default (Law), to permit an action to be called ...
... a friend; to bear inveterate hatred to gaming. 7. To suffer; to undergo; as, to bear punishment. 8. To suffer without resentment, or interference to prevent; to have patience; as ... 9. To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence,injury,or change; as, to give ... is to make haste, be quick. BEAR, v.i. To suffer,as with pain. But man is born to bear. This ... endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up] 4: move while holding up or supporting; "Bear ... on or upon < facts bearing on the question > Synonyms: bear, suffer, endure, abide, tolerate, stand mean to put up with ...
... is retained in England and the United States.] 4. To suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent. Sometimes virtue ... 1. a. to perish from lack of food b. to suffer extreme hunger 2. a. archaic to die of cold b. British to suffer greatly from cold 3. to suffer or perish from deprivation < starved for affection > transitive verb 1 ... depriving of nourishment 2. to destroy by or cause to suffer from deprivation 3. archaic to kill with cold Oxford Reference Dictionary v. 1 intr. die of hunger; suffer from malnourishment. 2 tr. cause to die of hunger ...
... lost the favor of God by their apostasy. 6. To suffer diminution or waste of. If the salt hath lost its ... lose a fortune by gaming, or by dissipation. 13. To suffer to vanish from view or perception. We lost sight of ... the battle but we won the war" [ant: win] 3: suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She ... at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation" [syn: suffer, lose] Merriam Webster's verb (lost; losing) Etymology: Middle English ... possession or from a customary or supposed place 3. to suffer deprivation of ; part with especially in an unforeseen or accidental manner 4. a. to suffer loss through the death or removal of or final ...
... elocare, is to lease.] 1. To permit; to allow; to suffer; to give leave or power by a positive act, or ... farm; but the use of out is unnecessary. 3. To suffer; to permit; with the usual sign of the infinitive. There ... obsolete, or nearly so.] To let alone, to leave; to suffer to remain without intermeddling; as, let alone this idle project ... at large. To let in or into, to permit or suffer to enter; to admit. Open the door, let in my ... the cabinet. To let blood, to open a vein and suffer the blood to flow out. To let out, to suffer to escape; also, to lease or let to hire. ...
... to strive. See Agony.] To write with extreme pain; to suffer violent anguish. To smart and agonize at every pore. AG ... 2005) v 1: cause to agonize [syn: agonize, agonise] 2: suffer agony or anguish [syn: agonize, agonise] Merriam Webster's verb (-nized; -nizing) Date: 1583 transitive verb to cause to suffer agony ; torture intransitive verb 1. to suffer agony, torture, or anguish < agonizes over every decision > 2. struggle ... 1 intr. (often foll. by over) undergo (esp. mental) anguish; suffer agony. 2 tr. cause agony to. 3 tr. (as agonized ... fr. Gr. ?. See Agony.] 1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. To smart and agonize at every pore. -- ...
... i. 1. To die of hunger. More generally, 2. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst; to be exhausted in strength, or ... come near to perish by destitution. The Lord will not suffer the righteous to famish. Proverbs 10. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... fames Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to cause to suffer severely from hunger 2. archaic to cause to starve to death intransitive verb 1. archaic starve 2. to suffer for lack of something necessary < a moment when French poetry ... ll feel. --Dryden. 3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary. And famish ... i. 1. To die of hunger; to starve. 2. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted ...
... to be pressed. Perhaps the oriental to press.] 1. To suffer pain; to have or be in pain, or in continued pain; as, the head aches. 2. To suffer grief, or extreme grief; to be distressed; as the heart ... pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?" [syn: hurt, ache, suffer] 2: have a desire for something or someone who is ... Old English acan Date: before 12th century 1. a. to suffer a usually dull persistent pain < an aching back > b. to ... or prolonged dull pain. 2 mental distress. --v.intr. 1 suffer from or be the source of an ache (I ached ... ache; perh. orig. to drive, and akin to agent.] To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in ...
... not endure. Job 8. 2. To bear; to brook; to suffer without resistance, or without yielding. How can I endure to ... endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up] 2: face and withstand with courage; "She braved ... to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" [syn: suffer, endure] [ant: enjoy] 5: last and be usable; "This dress ... 1. to undergo (as a hardship) especially without giving in ; suffer < endured great pain > 2. to regard with acceptance or tolerance ... 2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to ... such arms endure. --Dryden. 2. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or ...
... FERED, pp. Borne; undergone; permitted; allowed. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Suffer Suf"fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffered; p. pr ... submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind. 2. To endure ... bear up under. Our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer and support our pains. --Milton. 3. 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. If your more ponderous and settled project May suffer alteration. --Shak. 4. To allow; to permit; not to ...
... shock. Shall Turnus then such endless toil sustain? 7. To suffer; to bear; to undergo. You shall sustain more new disgraces ... leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" [syn: suffer, sustain, have, get] 3: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves ... sustained by hope > 6. a. to bear up under b. suffer, undergo < sustained heavy losses > 7. a. to support as true ... to. 4 endure, stand; bear up against. 5 undergo or suffer (defeat or injury etc.). 6 (of a court etc.) uphold ... up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment. 6. To suffer; to bear; to undergo. Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil ... or a proposition. Syn: To support; uphold; subsist; assist; relieve; suffer; undergo. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sustain Sus*tain", n. ...
... form or another, the people of God have had to suffer persecution. In its earliest history the Christian church passed through ... that it was inevitable. He said that He Himself must suffer it (Mt 16:21; 17:22,23; Mr 8:31 ... of the apostles was put to death--the first to suffer of "the glorious company of the apostles"--James the brother ... of God resteth upon you. For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer ... meddler in other men's matters: but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let ... at the house of God. .... Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls ...
... beer is dead. 10. In theology, to perish everlastingly; to suffer divine wrath and punishment in the future world. 11. To ... pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born] 2: suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every ... Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!" 11: suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes ... died of boredom; was dying from the heat). 5 tr. suffer (a specified death) (died a natural death). Phrases and idioms ... animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital ... She will die from want of care. --Tennyson. 2. To suffer death; to lose life. In due time Christ died ...