[suhf-er-ing, suhf-ring] 
| 1. | the state of a person or thing that suffers. |
| 2. | Often, sufferings. something suffered by a person or a group of people; pain: the sufferings of the slaves. |
[suhf-er] | 1. | to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering. |
| 2. | to sustain injury, disadvantage, or loss: One's health suffers from overwork. The business suffers from lack of capital. |
| 3. | to undergo a penalty, as of death: The traitor was made to suffer on the gallows. |
| 4. | to endure pain, disability, death, etc., patiently or willingly. |
| 5. | to undergo, be subjected to, or endure (pain, distress, injury, loss, or anything unpleasant): to suffer the pangs of conscience. |
| 6. | to undergo or experience (any action, process, or condition): to suffer change. |
| 7. | to tolerate or allow: I do not suffer fools gladly. |
| suf·fer (sŭf'ər) v. suf·fered, suf·fer·ing, suf·fers v. intr.
[Middle English suffren, from Old French sufrir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre : sub-, sub- + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.] suf'fer·er n., suf'fer·ing·ly adv. Usage Note: In general usage the preferred preposition after suffer is from, rather than with, in constructions such as He suffered from hypertension. Ninety-four percent of the Usage Panel found suffered with unacceptable in the preceding example. In medical usage suffer with is sometimes employed with reference to the pain or discomfort caused by a condition, while suffer from is used more broadly in reference to a condition, such as anemia, that is detrimental but not necessarily painful. |
| suf·fer·ing (sŭf'ər-ĭng, sŭf'rĭng) n.
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