sufferable (suferabl)

[ It shal be more suffrable to the loond of men of Sodom and of Gommor in the dai of iugement than to thilke citee. Wyclif , Mat. x. 15. Ye have a great lo ; But bear it patiently: yet, to say truth, In justice 'tis not sufferable. Fletcher, Val ent in i an, iv. 4. The date of the suffect consulship of Silius the younger is not known. Athenæum, Oct. 28, 1882, p. 569. suffer (suf'er), v. [ suffren , soffren , souffrir , soffrir, sueffrir , sueffrer , F. souffrir = Sp. sufrir = Pg. soffrer = It. sofferire , soffrire , sufferre , carry or put under, hold up, bear, tience; tolerant; patient. support, undergo, endure, suffer, sub , under, + ferre = E. bear1.] I. trans . 1. To endure; support bravely or unflinchingly; sustain; bear up under. I believe it's very sufferable ; the pain is not so exquisite but that you may bear it a little longer. Steele, Conscious Lovers, iii. 1. 21. Capable of suffering or enduring with pa- If she be riche and of heigh parage, Thanne seistow it is a tormentrie To soffren hire [a wife's] pride and hire malencolie. Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 252. Our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer and support our pains. Millon , P. L., i. 147. It is fair to have a wyf in pees: One of us two moste bowen, doutelees; And sith a man is more res on able Than womman is, ye moste been suffrable . Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 442. The people are thus inclined, religious, franke, amorous, ireful, sufferable of infinit paines. Stan i hurst , Ireland, viii. (Holinshed's Chron., I.). sufferablene (suf'èr-a-bl-nes), n . The state or character of being sufferable or endurable; tolerablene . self wilfully, and for love of here Ydole. Mandeville , Travels, p. 176. The Kings of Poland and Sweden have sued to be their Protector. Howell, Letters, I. vi. 3. By adverse destiny constrain'd to sue For counsel and redre , he sues to you. Much le shall mercy sue In vain that thou let innocence survive. Pope . Browning , Ring and Book, II. 108. 3. To pay court, or pay one's addre es as a suitor or lover; play the lover; woo, or be a wooer. But, foolish boy, what bootes thy service bace To her to whom the hevens doe serve and sew ? Spenser, F. Q., III. v. 47. Well. Has she no suitors?. AU . Such as sue and send, And send and sue again, but to no purpose. Mas singer, New Way to Pay Old Debts, 1. 1. 4. To prosecute; make legal claim; seek for something in law: as, to sue for damages. Their fast, on the 17 of the fourth Moneth, and from thence to the ninth day of the moneth following, are holden vnluckie dayes, in which schoole masters may not beat their schollers, nor any man will sue at the law. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 211. 51. To i ue; flow. Being rough-cast with odious sores to cover The deadly juice that from his brain doth sue. J. Beaumont, Psyche, ii. 167. To sue, labor, and travel, in Eng. marine insurance, to make due exertions and use nece ary and proper means: used with reference to the preservation of insured property from lo or to its recovery. What is called the suing and laboring clause in a policy usually provides that "in any case of lo or misfortune, it shall be lawful to the a ured to sue, labour, and travel for, in, and about the defence, safeguard, and recovery of" what is insured. These two words [ sue and labor ] , the meaning of which is different, and not merely a redundant parallelism, take in the acts of the owner or a ured, whether in a erting and following the rights of interests in danger, or working and expending money for the benefit of those interests. In this clause two things are noticeable: that suing (which in this place is understood 'doing work,' and not simply 'suing at law'), labouring , and travelling are made lawful to certain persons acting in lieu of the insured, and that to such expenses of suing , etc., the underwriters agree to contribute their share. Hopkins , Law of Gen. Av., pp. 386, 390. sue2t. An old spelling of sewl, sew3, 2. suède (swad), a. and n. [F., 'Swede.'] Of undre ed kid: said of gloves; also, undre ed kid. [Trade use.] suent, suently. See suant1, suantly. suer (sū'èr), n. [