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patience
English
Etymology
From Middle English pacience, from Old French pacience (modern French patience), from Latin patientia. Displaced native Middle English thuld, thuild (“patience”) (from Old English þyld (“patience”)), Middle English thole (“patience”) (from Old Norse þol (“patience, endurance”)), Middle English bil?fing, bileaving (“patience, perseverance, remaining”) (from Old English bel?fan (“to endure, survive”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pe???ns/
Noun
patience (usually uncountable, plural patiences)
- The quality of being patient.
- Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US. (card game).
Synonyms
- thild
- thole (obsolete, rare, or regional)
Antonyms
- impatience
Related terms
- passion
- passionate
- passive
- passivity
- patient
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: pasensi
Translations
Further reading
- patience in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- patience in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
See also
- clock patience
- garden patience
French
Etymology
From Old French pacience, borrowed from Latin patientia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.sj??s/
Noun
patience f (plural patiences)
- patience
Derived terms
- perdre patience
- prendre son mal en patience
Related terms
- patient
Further reading
- “patience” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
patience
- Alternative form of pacience
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surrender
English
Alternative forms
- surrendre (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Noun use is from Anglo-Norman.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s????nd??/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
Verb
surrender (third-person singular simple present surrenders, present participle surrendering, simple past and past participle surrendered)
- (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
- (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
- I surrender!
- (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
- to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
- (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
- to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
- (transitive, intransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
- (transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
Synonyms
- ((transitive) give up into the power, control, or possession of another): hand over, overgive
- ((intransitive) give oneself up into the power of another): strike one's flag, wave the white flag
Translations
Noun
surrender (countable and uncountable, plural surrenders)
- An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
- The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
- (law, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
Synonyms
- capitulation
Translations
Anagrams
- surrendre
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