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   Suffer , 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.]
   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.
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   To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
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   Our spirit and strength entire,
   Strongly to suffer and support our pains.
   Milton.
   
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   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.
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   If your more ponderous and settled project
   May suffer alteration.
   Shak.
   
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   To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
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   Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
   Lev. xix. 17.
   
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   I suffer them to enter and possess.
   Milton.
   
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   Syn. -- To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit; tolerate. See Permit.
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   Suffer, 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.
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   O well for him whose will is strong!
   He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
   Tennyson.
   
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   To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.
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   The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following.
   Clarendon.
   
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   To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.
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   Public business suffers by private infirmities.
   Sir W. Temple.
   
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