SUFFERABLE
SUF'FERABLE, adjective That may be tolerated or permitted; allowable.1. That may be endured or borne.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SUFFERABLY
SUF'FERABLY, adverb Tolerably; so as to be endured.
SUFFERANCE
SUF'FERANCE, noun The bearing of pain; endurance; pain endured; misery.He must not only die,But thy unkindness shall the death draw outTo ling'ring sufferance1. Patience; modera...
SUFFERED
SUF'FERED, participle passive Borne; undergone; permitted; allowed.
SUFFERER
SUF'FERER, noun One who endures or undergoes pain, either of body or mind; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as suffers by poverty or sickness. Men are sufferers by fire o...
SUFFERING
SUF'FERING, participle present tense Bearing; undergoing pain, inconvenience or damage; permitting; allowing.SUF'FERING, noun The bearing of pain, inconvenience or loss; pain en...
SUFFICE
SUFFICE, verb intransitive suffi'ze. [Latin sufficio; sub and facio.]To be enough or sufficient; to be equal to the end proposed.To recount Almighty worksWhat words or tongue of...
SUFFICED
SUFFICED, participle passive suffi'zed. Satisfied; adequately supplied.
SUFFICIENCY
SUFFI'CIENCY, noun The state of being adequate to the end proposed.His sufficiency is such, that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted.1. Qualification for any ...
SUFFICIENT
SUFFI'CIENT, adjective [Latin sufficiens.] Enough; equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; competent; as provision sufficient for the family; water sufficient for the voya...
SUFFICIENTLY
SUFFI'CIENTLY, adverb To a sufficient degree; enough; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food and clothing; a man suff...
SUFFICING
SUFFICING, participle present tense suffi'zing. Supplying what is needed; satisfying.
SUFFISANCE
SUFFI'SANCE, noun Sufficiency; plenty. [Not in use.]
SUFFIX
SUF'FIX, noun [Latin suffixus, suffigo; sub and figo, to fix.]A letter or syllable added or annexed to the end of a word.SUFFIX', verb transitive To add or annex a letter or syl...
SUFFIXED
SUFFIX'ED, participle passive Added to the end of a word.
SUFFIXING
SUFFIX'ING, participle present tense Adding to the end of a word.
SUFFLAMINATE
SUFFLAM'INATE, verb transitive [Latin sufflamen, a stop.] To stop; to impede. [Not in use.]
SUFFLATE
SUFFLA'TE, verb transitive [Latin sufflo; sub and flo, to blow.]To blow up; to inflate. [Little used.]
SUFFLATION
SUFFLA'TION, noun [Latin sufflatio.] The act of blowing up or inflating.
SUFFOCATE
SUF'FOCATE, verb transitive [Latin suffoco; sub and focus, or its root.]1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration. Respiration may be stopped by the interception of air, as in...
SUFFOCATED
SUF'FOCATED, participle passive Choked; stifled.
SUFFOCATING
SUF'FOCATING, participle present tense Choking; stifling.
SUFFOCATINGLY
SUF'FOCATINGLY, adverb So as to suffocate; as suffocatingly hot.
SUFFOCATION
SUFFOCA'TION, noun The act of choking or stifling; a stopping of respiration, either by intercepting the passage of air to and from the lungs, or by inhaling smoke, dust or air ...
SUFFOCATIVE
SUF'FOCATIVE, adjective Tending or able to choke or stifle; as suffocative catarrhs.
SUFFOSSION
SUFFOS'SION, noun [Latin suffossio; sub and fodio, to dig.]A digging under; an undermining.
SUFFRAGAN
SUF'FRAGAN, adjective [Latin suffragans, assisting; suffragor, to vote for, to favor.] Assisting; as a suffragan bishop.SUF'FRAGAN, noun A bishop, considered as an assistant to ...