To endure; support bravely or unflinchingly; sustain; bear up under.To be affected by; undergo; be acted on or influenced by; sustain; pass through.To feel or bear (what is painful, disagreeable, or distressing); submit to with distress or grief; undergo: as, to suffer acute bodily pain; to suffer grief of mind.To refrain from hindering; allow; permit; tolerate.To tolerate abstention from.Synonyms To feel, bear, experience, go through.Allow, Permit, Consent to, etc. See allow.To have endurance; bear evils bravely.To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; bear what is distressing or inconvenient.To be injured; sustain loss or damage.To undergo punishment; especially, to be put to death.To allow; permit.To wait; hold out.