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allot
English
Etymology
From Middle English allotten, from Old French aloter (Modern French allotir). à + lot.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??l?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??l?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophone: a lot
Verb
allot (third-person singular simple present allots, present participle allotting, simple past and past participle allotted)
- (transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
- (transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.
Related terms
- allotment
Translations
Anagrams
- all to, atoll
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?alloh(t)/
Verb
allot
- first-person plural imperative of ii
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suffer
English
Etymology
From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin suffer? (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + fer? (“I carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native teen.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s?f?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?f?/
- Rhymes: -?f?(?)
- Hyphenation: suf?fer
Verb
suffer (third-person singular simple present suffers, present participle suffering, simple past and past participle suffered)
- (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
- Synonym: bear
- (intransitive) To feel pain.
- Synonyms: agonize, anguish, thole; see also Thesaurus:suffer
- (intransitive) To become worse.
- Synonyms: deteriorate, worsen; see also Thesaurus:worsen
- (transitive) To endure, undergo.
- Synonyms: bear, dree, thole; see also Thesaurus:tolerate
- (transitive, archaic) To allow.
- Synonym: permit
- 1938, The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 203:
- "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.
- 1978, Section 31-36 of the Code of Montgomery County, Maryland:
- […] it shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle to be parked […] beyond the period of time established by the duration of the parking meter […]
Derived terms
Related terms
- sublate
- sublation
Translations
Anagrams
- ruffes, suffre
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?f?r
Etymology 1
Adjective
suffer
- Comparative form of suf
Etymology 2
Noun
suffer m (plural suffers)
- Alternative form of sufferd
Latin
Verb
suffer
- second-person singular present active imperative of suffer?
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- what suffering must the mariner endure
- what suffering is in the news
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