3. 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. If your more ponderous and settled project May suffer alteration. Shak.
4. To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon
him. Lev. xix. 17.
I suffer them to enter and possess. Milton.
Syn. — To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit; tolerate. See Permit.
SUFFER
Suf"fer, v. i.
1. 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. O well for him whose will is strong! He suffers, but he will not suffer long. Tennyson.
2. To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death. The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following. Clarendon.
3. To be injured; to sustain loss or damage. Public business suffers by private infirmities. Sir W. Temple.
SUFFERABLE
Suf"fer*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. souffrable.]
1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. [Obs.] "Ye must be sufferable." Chaucer.
2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable;
tolerable.
— Suf"fer*a*ble*ness, n.
— Suf"fer*a*bly, adv.