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Suffer

//ˈsʌfɚ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To undergo hardship. intransitive

    "Many artists suffer before becoming famous."

  2. 2
    be in pain wordnet
  3. 3
    To feel pain. intransitive

    "At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash."

  4. 4
    undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) wordnet
  5. 5
    To become worse. intransitive

    "If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer."

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  1. 6
    get worse in quality wordnet
  2. 7
    To endure, undergo. transitive

    "I've been suffering your insults for years."

  3. 8
    be set at a disadvantage wordnet
  4. 9
    To allow. archaic, transitive

    "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to liue."

  5. 10
    put up with something or somebody unpleasant wordnet
  6. 11
    undergo or be subjected to wordnet
  7. 12
    undergo or suffer wordnet
  8. 13
    be given to wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“I carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian.

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