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sufferance

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sufferance  \Suf"fer*ance\,  n.  [OE.  suffrance,  OF  sufrance, 
  soufrance  F.  souffrance,  L.  sufferentia  from  sufferens 
  -entis,  p.  pr  of  sufferre.  See  {Suffer}.] 
  1.  The  state  of  suffering;  the  bearing  of  pain;  endurance. 
 
  He  must  not  only  die  the  death,  But  thy  unkindness 
  shall  his  death  draw  out  To  lingering  sufferance. 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Pain  endured;  misery;  suffering;  distress. 
 
  The  seeming  sufferances  that  you  had  borne.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Loss  damage;  injury.  [Obs.] 
 
  A  grievous  .  .  .  sufferance  on  most  part  of  their 
  fleet.  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Submission  under  difficult  or  oppressive  circumstances; 
  patience;  moderation.  --Chaucer. 
 
  But  hasty  heat  tempering  with  sufferance  wise. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  5.  Negative  consent  by  not  forbidding  or  hindering; 
  toleration;  permission;  allowance;  leave  --Shak. 
 
  In  their  beginning  they  are  weak  and  wan,  But  soon, 
  through  sufferance,  grow  to  fearful  end  --Spenser. 
 
  Somewhiles  by  sufferance,  and  somewhiles  by  special 
  leave  and  favor,  they  erected  to  themselves 
  oratories.  --Hooker. 
 
  6.  A  permission  granted  by  the  customs  authorities  for  the 
  shipment  of  goods.  [Eng.] 
 
  {Estate  of  sufferance}  (Law),  the  holding  by  a  tenant  who 
  came  in  by  a  lawful  title,  but  remains,  after  his  right 
  has  expired,  without  positive  leave  of  the  owner. 
  --Blackstone. 
 
  {On  sufferance},  by  mere  toleration;  as  to  remain  in  a  house 
  on  sufferance. 
 
  Syn:  Endurance;  pain;  misery;  inconvenience;  patience; 
  moderation;  toleration;  permission. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sufferance 
  n  1:  patient  endurance  esp  of  pain  or  destress 
  2:  a  disposition  to  tolerate  or  accept  people  or  situations 
  [syn:  {toleration},  {acceptance}]




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