English-Thai Dictionary
sufferance
N ความอดทน endurance patience toleration kwam-aod-ton
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SUFFERANCE
n.The bearing of pain; endurance; pain endured; misery. He must not only die,
But thy unkindness shall the death draw out
To ling'ring sufferance.
1. Patience; moderation; a bearing with patience.
But hasty heat temp'ring with sufferance wise.
2. Toleration; permission; allowance; negative consent by not forbidding or hindering.
In process of time, sometimes by sufferance, sometimes by special leave and favor, they erected to themselves oratories.
In their beginning, they are weak and wan,
But soon through sufferance grow to fearful end.
An estate at sufferance, in law, is where a person comes into possession of land by lawful title, but keeps it after the title ceases, without positive leave of the owner.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SUFFERANCE
Suf "fer *ance, n. Etym: [OE. suffrance, OF. sufrance, soufrance, F.souffrance, L. sufferentia, from sufferens, -entis, p.pr. of sufferre. See Suffer. ]
1. The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance. He must not only die the death, But thy unkindness shall his death draw out To lingering sufferance. Shak.
2. Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress. The seeming sufferances that you had borne. Shak.
3. Loss; damage; injury. [Obs. ] A grievous. .. sufferance on most part of their fleet. Shak.
4. Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation. Chaucer. But hasty heat tempering with sufferance wise. Spenser.
5. Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave. Shak. In their beginning they are weak and wan, But soon, through sufferance, grow to fearful end. Spenser. Somewhiles by sufferance, and somewhiles by special leave and favor, they erected to themselves oratories. Hooker.
6. A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods. [Eng. ] Estate of sufferance (Law ), the holding by a tenant who came in by a lawful title, but remains, after his right has expired, without positive leave of the owner. Blackstone. -- On sufferance, by mere toleration; as, to remain in a house on sufferance.
Syn. -- Endurance; pain; misery; inconvenience; patience; moderation; toleration; permission.
New American Oxford Dictionary
sufferance
suf fer ance |ˈsəf (ə )rəns ˈsəf (ə )rəns | ▶noun 1 absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration: Charles was only here on sufferance . • Law the condition of the holder of an estate who continues to hold it after the title has ceased, without the express permission of the owner: an estate at sufferance. • archaic patient endurance. 2 archaic the suffering or undergoing of something bad or unpleasant. ORIGIN Middle English ( sense 2 ): from Anglo-Norman French suffraunce, from late Latin sufferentia, from sufferre (see suffer ).
Oxford Dictionary
sufferance
suf ¦fer |ance |ˈsʌf (ə )r (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration: Charles was only here on sufferance . • Law the condition of the holder of an estate who continues to hold it after the title has ceased, without the express permission of the owner: an estate at sufferance. • archaic patient endurance. 2 archaic the suffering or undergoing of something bad or unpleasant. ORIGIN Middle English (in sense 2 ): from Anglo-Norman French suffraunce, from late Latin sufferentia, from sufferre (see suffer ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
sufferance
suf fer ance /sʌ́f (ə )r (ə )ns /名詞 U 1 ｟かたく ｠黙認, 黙許 ▸ on [under ] sufferance 黙許されて, お情けの許可で 2 ｟古 ｠忍耐 .
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