v.
- 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.
- archaic tolerate.
▸allow to do something.
Derivative
- sufferable adj.
- sufferer n.
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. suffrir, from L. sufferre, from sub- ‘from below’ + ferre ‘to bear’.