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Definition of Suffer
Suf´fer | v. t. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under. | | 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. | | 4. | To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate. | | v. i. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death. | | 3. | To be injured; to sustain loss or damage. |
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