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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of suffer.

Etymologies

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suffer + -eth

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Examples

  • This is contrary to the witness of Scripture, yet the Book of Mormon (above) teaches that the Father "suffereth".

    Canterbury Tales by Taylor Marshall 2008

  • … [C] harity that suffereth long and is kind ... not only believeth and hopeth, but beareth and endureth all things.

    'Trivial Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S. 2008

  • I want this linen pinafore in the worst way, but my bank account suffereth.

    I Found A Frenzy Of Tunics 2009

  • Answered he, “O handmaid of good, ask me not of his case nor what he suffereth for excess of love-longing; he sleepeth not by night neither resteth he by day; wakefulness wasteth him and care hath conquered him and his condition is a consternation to his friend.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • And all the townsfolk forbade him from this, but he regarded them not at all, saying in his mind, “None knoweth desire save whoso suffereth it.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Nay, it was remarked by close observers that, if he had not towards them the charity of Scripture, which suffereth long, and judges kindly, he was by no means deficient in the subordinate and limited virtue, which alleviates and relieves the wants of others.

    The Talisman 2008

  • Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.

    What Would Emma Do? Eileen Cook 2008

  • For from the severance of friends he loveth so fain he suffereth love pangs and pining pain.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.

    What Would Emma Do? Eileen Cook 2008

  • Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.

    What Would Emma Do? Eileen Cook 2008

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