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noun
- endurance, Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.
- 1826, w:Mary_Wollstonecraft_Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Last Man, ch. 4,
- : I indulged in this meditation for a moment, and then again addressed the mourner, who stood leaning against the bed with that expression of resigned despair, of complete misery, and a patient of it, which is far more touching than any of the insane ravings or wild gesticulation of untamed sorrow.
- Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction.
- 1910, w:Arthur_Quiller-Couch, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Lady Good-for-Nothing, ch. 20,
- : When his talk trespasses beyond , I chastise him.
- (archaic) Pain, misery.
- 1612, w:William_Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, King Henry VIII, act 2, sc. 3,
- : 'Tis a panging
- : As soul and body's severing.
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