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Sufferance
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- 1 Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity. archaic, countable, uncountable
"At length when as he ſaw her haſtie heat / Abate, and panting breath begin to fayle, / He through long ſufferãce growing now more great, / Roſe in his strength, and gan her freſh aſſayle, [...]"
- 2 a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations wordnet
- 3 Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction. countable, uncountable
"[M]oſt wretched man, / That to affections does the bridle lend; / In their beginning they are weake and wan, / But ſoone through ſuff'rance growe to fearefull end; [...]"
- 4 patient endurance especially of pain or distress wordnet
- 5 Suffering; pain, misery. archaic, countable, uncountable
"The sufferances which simply touch us in minde, doe much lesse afflict me, then most men [...]."
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- 6 Loss; damage; injury. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"The deſperate Tempeſt has ſo bang'd the Turke, / That their deſignement halts; Another ſhippe of Venice hath ſeene / A greeuous wracke and ſufferance / On moſt part of the Fleete."
- 7 A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods. British, countable, historical, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English sufferaunce, from Anglo-Norman suffraunce, from Late Latin sufferentia. By surface analysis, suffer + -ance.
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