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 ]
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 ]
adv. In a patient manner. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]