a. [ L. compatients, p. pr. of compati. See Compassion. ] Suffering or enduring together. [ Obs. ] Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref. im- not + patiens patient. See Patient. ]
A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fame, impatient of extremes, decays
Not more by envy than excess of praise. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who is impatient. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an impatient manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from
a. [ Omni- + patient. ] Capable of enduring all things. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Patient to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that it often involves the agent and the patient. Gov. of Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]
Like a physician, . . . seeing his patient in a pestilent fever. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
In patient,
Out patient,
v. t. To compose, to calm. [ Obs. ] “Patient yourself, madam.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion. ]
Patient of severest toil and hardship. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whatever I have done is due to patient thought. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not patient to expect the turns of fate. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
Be patient toward all men. 1 Thess. v. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a patient manner. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Impatient. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]