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Meaning Of Suffer
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to
sustain; to bear up under.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to
tolerate.
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the
penalty of death.