Suety
(Su"et*y) a. Consisting of, or resembling, suet; as, a suety substance.
Suf-
(Suf-) A form of the prefix Sub-.
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.
Suffer
(Suf"fer), v. i.
1. To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness,
or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.
O well for him whose will is strong!
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
Tennyson. 2. To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.
The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following.
Clarendon. 3. To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.
Public business suffers by private infirmities.
Sir W. Temple. Sufferable
(Suf"fer*a*ble) a. [Cf. F. souffrable.]
1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. [Obs.] "Ye must be sufferable." Chaucer.
2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable.
— Suf"fer*a*ble*ness, n. — Suf"fer*a*bly, adv.
Sufferance
(Suf"fer*ance) n. [OE. suffrance, OF. sufrance, soufrance, F. souffrance, L. sufferentia,
from sufferens, - entis, p. pr. of sufferre. See Suffer.]
