Suffer

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. [imp. & p. p. Suffered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffering.]
	2.	To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to 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 forbid or hinder; to tolerate. Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. - Lev. xix. 17. I suffer them to enter and possess. - Milton.
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. O well for him whose will is strong! He suffers, but he will not suffer long. - Tennyson.
	2.	To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death. The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following. - Clarendon.
	3.	To be injured; to sustain loss or damage. Public business suffers by private infirmities. - Sir W. Temple.

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