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| suf·fer [ súffər ] (past and past participle suf·fered, present participle suf·fer·ing, 3rd person present singular suf·fers) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb feel pain: to feel pain or great discomfort in body or mind
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2. transitive and intransitive verb undergo something unpleasant: to experience or undergo something unpleasant or undesirable
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3. transitive and intransitive verb endure something: to put up with something painful or unpleasant
  She may be rich and famous now, but she certainly suffered for her art when she was younger.
I do not suffer fools gladly.
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4. intransitive verb have illness: to have a disease or a physical or psychological condition
suffers from asthma
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5. intransitive verb have a weakness: to have a bad quality, weakness, or flaw
He suffers from an inflated ego.
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6. intransitive verb appear to be less good: to become or appear to be less good
suffers in comparison
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7. intransitive verb be adversely affected: to be adversely affected by something
The business suffered when the partnership ended.
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8. transitive verb allow something: to allow something to happen or to be done
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archaic or literary
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Suffer the little children to come unto me.
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| [12th century. Via Anglo-Norman suffrir< Latin sufferre "carry up from underneath, sustain" < ferre "carry"] |
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| suf·fer·a·ble adjective |
| suf·fer·er noun |
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