Suffer /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Suffered; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffering

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.

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.

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.

   I suffer them to enter and possess.

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.

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.

3. To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.

   Public business suffers by private infirmities.