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suffer'd

suffer'd is the simple past and past participle of suffer.

Meaning of suffer

Verb

suffer (third-person singular simple present suffers, present participle suffering, simple past and past participle suffered)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
    • Many artists suffer before becoming famous.
  2. (intransitive) To feel pain.
    • At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash.
    Synonyms:
    agonize, anguish, thole
  3. (intransitive) To become worse.
    • If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer.
  4. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
    • I've been suffering your insults for years.
  5. (archaic, transitive) To allow.
    • Thou shalt not suffer a witch to liue.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 22:18
    Synonyms:
    permit

Questions about suffer'd

What is suffer'd the simple past and past participle of?
Suffer'd is the simple past and past participle of suffer.

Words near suffer'd in the dictionary

  1. suffer
  2. suffer by comparison
  3. suffer fools gladly
  4. suffer from
  5. suffer in silence
  6. suffer'd
  7. sufferability
  8. sufferable
  9. sufferableness
  10. sufferably
  11. sufferage

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