verb (suffered; suffering) see: sub-
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1. to submit to or be forced to endure , to feel keenly ; labor under , undergo , experience , to put up with especially as inevitable or unavoidable, to allow especially by reason of indifference , intransitive verb to endure death, pain, or distress, to sustain loss or damage, to be subject to disability or handicap, see: bear sufferable adjective sufferableness noun sufferably adverb sufferer noun