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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suffer \Suf"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffered}; p. pr & vb
n. {Suffering}.] [OE. suffren, soffren OF sufrir sofrir
F. souffrir (assumed) LL sofferire for L. sufferre; sub
under + ferre to bear, akin to E. bear. See {Bear} to
support.]
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.
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.
Syn: To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow admit
tolerate. See {Permit}.
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