suffer
- (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
- (intransitive) To feel pain.
- (intransitive) To become worse.
- (transitive) To endure, undergo.
- (archaic, transitive) To allow.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsʌfə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“I carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian.
Related words
feel pain
bear patiently
become emaciated
be in difficulty
souffrir
sufrir
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leiden
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patir
lijden
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