suffer

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian. === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: sŭfʹər, IPA(key): /ˈsʌfə/ (US) enPR: sŭfʹər, IPA(key): /ˈsʌfɚ/ Rhymes: -ʌfə(ɹ) 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, law) 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 […] ==== Usage notes ==== Many people advise against using this word in the context of disabilities. Instead of saying that someone suffers from blindness or some other disability, it is better to use more neutral wording, such as saying that the person has the disability. For example ‘to suffer from drought’ is neutral. But this collocation ‘to suffer from asthma or Down syndrome’ can be offensive to some people so it is better to say that a person has asthma. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== sublate sublation ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === suffre, ruffes, Rueffs == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ʏfər === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== suffer comparative degree of suf === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== suffer m (plural suffers, no diminutive) alternative form of sufferd == Latin == === Verb === suffer second-person singular present active imperative of sufferō