·vt To compose, to calm.
II. Patient ·adj Forbearing; long-suffering.
III. Patient ·adj Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.
IV. Patient ·noun ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
V. Patient ·noun A person under medical or surgical treatment;
— correlative to physician or nurse.
VI. Patient ·adj Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed.
VII. Patient ·adj Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor.
VIII. Patient ·adj Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering.