a. Insufferable. [ Obs. ] Hooker. --
n. Inability or incapability of enduring, or of being endured. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
O well for him whose will is strong!
He suffers, but he will not suffer long. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Public business suffers by private infirmities. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Our spirit and strength entire,
Strongly to suffer and support our pains. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
If your more ponderous and settled project
May suffer alteration. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Lev. xix. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
I suffer them to enter and possess. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. souffrable. ]
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n. [ OE. suffrance, OF. sufrance, soufrance, F. souffrance, L. sufferentia, from sufferens, -entis, p. pr. of sufferre. See Suffer. ]
He must not only die the death,
But thy unkindness shall his death draw out
To lingering sufferance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The seeming sufferances that you had borne. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
A grievous . . . sufferance on most part of their fleet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
But hasty heat tempering with sufferance wise. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
In their beginning they are weak and wan,
But soon, through sufferance, grow to fearful end. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Somewhiles by sufferance, and somewhiles by special leave and favor, they erected to themselves oratories. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Estate of sufferance (Law),
On sufferance,
n.
n. The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred;
a. Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc. --
v. i.
O well for him whose will is strong!
He suffers, but he will not suffer long. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Public business suffers by private infirmities. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Our spirit and strength entire,
Strongly to suffer and support our pains. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
If your more ponderous and settled project
May suffer alteration. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Lev. xix. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
I suffer them to enter and possess. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. souffrable. ]
--
n. [ OE. suffrance, OF. sufrance, soufrance, F. souffrance, L. sufferentia, from sufferens, -entis, p. pr. of sufferre. See Suffer. ]
He must not only die the death,
But thy unkindness shall his death draw out
To lingering sufferance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The seeming sufferances that you had borne. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
A grievous . . . sufferance on most part of their fleet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
But hasty heat tempering with sufferance wise. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
In their beginning they are weak and wan,
But soon, through sufferance, grow to fearful end. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Somewhiles by sufferance, and somewhiles by special leave and favor, they erected to themselves oratories. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Estate of sufferance (Law),
On sufferance,
n.
n. The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred;
a. Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc. --