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  • 31suffer —    to be killed    An obsolete use, as in the Apostles Creed, which tells us He suffered and was buried :     In it is a pyramid erected to the memory of Thomas Lord Lovat, by his son Lord Simon, who suffered on Tower hill. (J. Boswell, 1773… …

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  • 32suffer — verb 1》 experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant).     ↘(suffer from) be affected by or subject to (an illness or ailment).     ↘become or appear worse in quality.     ↘archaic undergo martyrdom or execution. 2》 archaic tolerate …

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  • 33suffer — verb 1) I hate to see him suffer Syn: hurt, ache, be in pain, be in distress, be upset, be miserable 2) he suffers from asthma Syn: be afflicted by, be affected by, be troubled with, have …

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  • 34suffer — To allow, to admit, or to permit. Osborne v. Winter, 133 Cal.App. 664, 24 P.2d 892. It includes knowledge of what is to be done under sufferance. First Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Port Chester v. New York Title Ins. Co., 171 Misc. 854, 12 N.Y.S.2d… …

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  • 35suffer — To feel or endure mental or physical pain or distress. To endure. To authorize or permit by approval or acquiescence in an act or course of conduct. New York Life Ins. Co. v Calhoun (CA8 Mo) 97 F2d 896. To suffer implies not merely nonresistance… …

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  • 36suffer — [13] To suffer something is etymologically to ‘hold it up from underneath’, to ‘sustain’ it’. The word comes via Anglo Norman suffrir from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, an alteration of Latin sufferre ‘sustain’. This was a compound verb formed from… …

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  • 37Suffer Well — «Suffer Well» Sencillo de Depeche Mode del álbum Playing the Angel Lado B Better Days Formato Disco de vinilo de 7 y 12 , CD, DVD y Descarga digital Grabación 2005 …

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  • 38Suffer Well — «Suffer Well» Сингл Depeche Mode из альбома …

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  • 39Suffer the Children — can refer to the following:* Suffer the Children – a 1990 EP by British death metal band Napalm Death. * Suffer the Children – a 1981 single by British new wave band Tears for Fears. * Suffer the Children (The 4400) an episode of the TV series… …

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  • 40suffer fools gladly — To be tolerant of other people s stupidity • • • Main Entry: ↑suffer * * * suffer fools gladly : to be kind to and patient with people who annoy or bother you usually used in negative statements My mother was a woman who did not suffer fools… …

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