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sufferance

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈsʌf(ə)ɹəns/Part of speech nounSorted aceeffnrsuStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations

Word origin

From Middle English sufferaunce, from Anglo-Norman suffraunce, from Late Latin sufferentia. By surface analysis, suffer + -ance.

Used in a sentence

  • At length when as he ſaw her haſtie heat / Abate, and panting breath begin to fayle, / He through long ſufferãce growing now more great, / Roſe in his strength, and gan her freſh aſſayle, [...]
  • [M]oſt wretched man, / That to affections does the bridle lend; / In their beginning they are weake and wan, / But ſoone through ſuff'rance growe to fearefull end; [...]
  • Somewhiles by sufferance, and somewhiles by special leave and favour, they erected to themselves oratories.

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