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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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snuffer
English
Etymology
snuff +? -er
Noun
snuffer (plural snuffers)
- A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- A person who uses snuff (the tobacco product).
- The common porpoise.
- The participant in a snuff film who kills another (the snuffee).
Synonyms
- (device to extinguish candle): candle snuffer
Translations
Anagrams
- Suffern
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