Suffer

·vi To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.

II. Suffer ·vi To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.

III. Suffer ·vt To endure or undergo without sinking; to Support; to Sustain; to bear up under.

IV. Suffer ·vt To Allow; to Permit; not to forbid or hinder; to Tolerate.

V. Suffer ·vi To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.

VI. Suffer ·vt To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, ·etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to Undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

VII. Suffer ·vt To Undergo; to be affected by; to Sustain; to Experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.