Sufferable Suf"fer·a·ble adjective [ Confer French
souffrable .]
1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. [ Obsolete] "Ye must be
sufferable ."
Chaucer. 2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable. --
Suf"fer*a*ble*ness ,
noun --
Suf"fer*a*bly ,
adverb
Sufferance Suf"fer·ance noun [ Middle English
suffrance , Old French
sufrance ,
soufrance , French
souffrance , Latin
sufferentia , from
sufferens ,
- entis , present participle of
sufferre . See
Suffer .]
1. The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance. He must not only die the death,
But thy unkindness shall his death draw out
To lingering sufferance .
Shak. 2. Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress. The seeming sufferances that you had borne.
Shak. 3. Loss; damage; injury. [ Obsolete]
A grievous . . . sufferance on most part of their fleet.
Shak. 4. Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation. Chaucer. But hasty heat tempering with sufferance wise.
Spenser. 5. Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave. Shak. In their beginning they are weak and wan,
But soon, through sufferance , grow to fearful end.
Spenser. Somewhiles by sufferance , and somewhiles by special leave and favor, they erected to themselves oratories.
Hooker. 6. A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods. [ Eng.]
Estate of sufferance (Law) ,
the holding by a tenant who came in by a lawful title, but remains, after his right has expired, without positive leave of the owner. Blackstone. --
On sufferance ,
by mere toleration; as, to remain in a house on sufferance . Syn. -- Endurance; pain; misery; inconvenience; patience; moderation; toleration; permission.
Sufferer Suf"fer·er noun 1. One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea. 2. One who permits or allows.
Suffering Suf"fer·ing noun The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs. "Souls in
sufferings tried."
Keble.
Suffering Suf"fer·ing adjective Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc. --
Suf"fer*ing*ly ,
adverb
Suffice Suf·fice" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Sufficed ;
present participle & verbal noun Sufficing .] [ Middle English
suffisen , Old French
soufire , French
suffire (cf.
suffisant , present participle), Latin
sufficere to put under, to substitute, to avail for, to suffice;
sub under +
facere to make. See
Fact .]
To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate. Chaucer. To recount almighty works,
What words or tongue of seraph can suffice ?
Milton.
Suffice Suf·fice" transitive verb 1. To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of. Spenser. Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
Deut. iii. 26. 2. To furnish; to supply adequately. [ Obsolete]
The power appeased, with winds sufficed the sail.
Dryden.
Sufficience Suf·fi"cience noun Sufficiently. [ Obsolete]
Sufficiency Suf·fi"cien·cy noun [ Latin
sufficientia : confer French
suffisance . See
Suffice .]
1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy. His sufficiency is such that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted.
Boyle. 2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity. A substitute or most allowed sufficiency .
Shak. I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others.
Eikon Basilike. 3. Adequate substance or means; competence. "An elegant
sufficiency ."
Thomson. 4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund. 5. Conceit; self-confidence; self- sufficiency. Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance.
Sir W. Temple.
Sufficient Suf·fi"cient adjective [ Latin
sufficiens ,
-entis , present participle of
sufficere : confer French
suffisant . See
Suffice .]
1. Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country. My grace is sufficient for thee.
2 Cor. xii. 9. 2. Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit. Who is sufficient for these things?
2 Cor. ii. 16. 3. Capable of meeting obligations; responsible. The man is, notwithstanding, sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond.
Shak. 4. Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content. [ R.]
Thou art the most sufficient (I'll say for thee),
Not to believe a thing.
Beau. & Fl. Syn. -- Enough; adequate; competent; full; satisfactory; ample.
Sufficiently Suf·fi"cient·ly adverb To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties.
Sufficing Suf·fi"cing adjective Affording enough; satisfying. --
Suf*fi"cing*ly ,
adverb --
Suf*fi"cing*ness ,
noun
Suffisance Suf·fi"sance noun [ French See
Sufficiency .]
Sufficiency; plenty; abundance; contentment. [ Obsolete]
He could in little thing have suffisaunce .
Chaucer.
Suffisant Suf·fi"sant adjective Sufficient. [ Obsolete]
Suffix Suf"fix noun [ Latin
suffixus , past participle of
suffigere to fasten on, to affix;
sub under +
figere to fix: confer French
suffixe . See
Fix .]
1. A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix. 2. (Math.) A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript , adjective
Suffix Suf·fix" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Suffixed ;
present participle & verbal noun Suffixing .]
To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.
Suffixion Suf·fix"ion noun The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed.
Suffixment Suf·fix"ment noun Suffixion. [ R.]
Earle.
Sufflaminate Suf·flam"i·nate transitive verb [ Latin
sufflaminatus , past participle of
sufflaminare to hold back by a clog, from
sufflamen a clog.]
1. To retard the motion of, as a carriage, by preventing one or more of its wheels from revolving, either by means of a chain or otherwise. [ Obsolete]
2. Hence, to stop; to impede. [ Obsolete]
Barrow.
Sufflate Suf·flate" transitive verb [ Latin
sufflatus , past participle of
sufflare to blow up, inflate;
sub under +
flare to blow.]
To blow up; to inflate; to inspire. [ R.]
T. Ward.
Sufflation Suf·fla"tion noun [ Latin
sufflatio .]
The act of blowing up or inflating. [ R.]
Coles.
Suffocate Suf"fo·cate adjective [ Latin
suffocatus , past participle of
suffocare to choke;
sub under +
fauces the throat. Confer
Faucal .]
Suffocated; choked. Shak.
Suffocate Suf"fo·cate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Suffocated ;
present participle & verbal noun Suffocating .]
1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate .
Shak. 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
Suffocate Suf"fo·cate intransitive verb To become choked, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling discontent is apt to
suffocate and strangle without passage."
collier.
Suffocating Suf"fo·ca`ting adjective & noun from Suffocate , v. --
Suf"fo*ca`ting*ly ,
adverb
Suffocation Suf`fo·ca"tion noun [ Latin
suffocatio : confer French
suffocation .]
The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking. » The term
suffocation is sometimes employed synonymously with
asphyxia . In the strict medico-legal sense it signifies
asphyxia induced by obstruction of the respiration otherwise than by direct pressure on the neck (hanging, strangulation) or submersion (drowning).
Quain.
Suffocative Suf"fo·ca·tive adjective Tending or able to choke or stifle. "
Suffocative catarrhs."
Arbuthnot.
Suffossion Suf·fos"sion noun [ Latin
suffossio , from
suffodere ,
suffossum , to dig under;
sub under +
fodere to dig.]
A digging under; an undermining. [ R.]
Bp. Hall.
Suffragan Suf"fra·gan adjective [ French
suffragant , Latin
suffragans , present participle of
suffragari to support with one's vote, to be favorable. See
Suffrage .]
Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.
Suffragan Suf"fra·gan noun [ French
suffragant : confer Late Latin
suffraganeus . See
Suffragan ,
adjective ]
1. An assistant. 2. (Eccl.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop.
Suffraganship Suf"fra·gan·ship noun The office of a suffragan.
Suffragant Suf"fra·gant adjective & noun Suffragan. [ Obsolete]
Suffragate Suf"fra·gate intransitive verb & t. [
imperfect & past participle Suffragated ;
present participle & verbal noun Suffragating .] [ Latin
suffragatus , past participle of
suffragari . See
Suffragan ,
adjective ]
To vote or vote with. [ Obsolete] "
Suffragating tribes."
Dryden.
Suffragator Suf"fra·ga`tor noun [ Latin ]
One who assists or favors by his vote. [ Obsolete]
Suffrage Suf"frage noun [ French, from Latin
suffragium ; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and from
sub under + the root of
frangere to break. See
Break .]
1. A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. I ask your voices and your suffrages .
Shak. 2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers.
Atterbury. Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine.
South. 3. (Eccl.) (a) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. (b) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed. Shipley. I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
Creed of Pope Pius IV. 4. Aid; assistance. [ A Latinism] [ Obsolete]
Suffrage Suf"frage transitive verb To vote for; to elect. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Suffraginous Suf·frag"i·nous adjective [ Latin
suffraginosus diseased in the hock, from
suffrago the pastern, or hock.]
Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast. [ Obsolete]
Suffragist Suf"fra·gist noun 1. One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter. 2. One who has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist . It is curious that . . . Louisa Castelefort should be obliged after her marriage immediately to open her doors and turn ultra liberal, or an universal suffragist .
Miss Edgeworth.
Suffrago Suf·fra"go noun [ Latin , the hock, from
sub under +
frangere to break.]
(Zoology) The heel joint.
Suffrance Suf"france noun Sufferance. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Suffrutescent Suf`fru·tes"cent adjective [ Prefix
suf- +
frutescent .]
(Botany) Slightly woody at the base.
Suffruticose Suf·fru"ti·cose` adjective [ Prefix
suf- +
fruticose .]
(Botany) Woody in the lower part of the stem, but with the yearly branches herbaceous, as sage, thyme, hyssop, and the like.
Suffruticous Suf·fru"ti·cous adjective Suffruticose.
Suffumigate Suf·fu"mi·gate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Suffumigated ;
present participle & verbal noun Suffumigating .] [ Latin
suffumigatus , past participle of
suffumigare to fumigate from below. See
Sub- , and
Fumigate .]
To apply fumes or smoke to the parts of, as to the body in medicine; to fumigate in part.
Suffumigation Suf·fu`mi·ga"tion noun [ Latin
suffumigatio : confer French
suffumigation .]
The operation of suffumigating.
Suffumige Suf·fu"mige noun [ Late Latin
suffumigium .]
A medical fume. [ Obsolete]
Harvey.
Suffuse Suf·fuse" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Suffused ;
present participle & verbal noun Suffusing .] [ Latin
suffusus , past participle of
suffundere to overspread;
sub under +
fundere to pour. See
Fuse to melt.]
To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover, as with something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheeks suffused with blushes. When purple light shall next suffuse the skies.
Pope.
Suffusion Suf·fu"sion noun [ Latin
suffusio : confer French
suffusion .]
1. The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading. To those that have the jaundice, or like suffusion of eyes, objects appear of that color.
Ray. 2. That with which a thing is suffused. 3. (Zoology) A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds.
Sufi Su"fi noun [ From the name of a dynasty of Persian kings,
Safī ,
Safavī ; said to come from name
Safī-ud-dīn of an ancestor of the family, confused with
s...fī pious.]
A title or surname of the king of Persia.
Sufi Su"fi noun [ Arabic & Persian
s...fī , wise, pious, devout.]
One of a certain order of religious men in Persia. [ Written also
sofi .]
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