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suffer

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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.

To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.

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.

To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.

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.

To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.

To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I cannot bear his constant criticism Source: Internet

The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks Source: Internet

he learned to tolerate the heat Source: Internet

She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage Source: Internet

Were you hurting after the accident? Source: Internet

He suffered the penalty Source: Internet

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