patient
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adj. 1. willing to put up with waiting, pain, or anything that annoys, troubles, or hurts; enduring calmly without complaining or losing self-control.
Ex. patient suffering, patient expectation. Beware the fury of a patient man (John Dryden).
patient
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adv. patiently.
patient
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expr. patient of,
a. able to bear or tolerate.
Ex. patient of cold or hunger. Patient of constitutional control, he bears it with meek manliness of soul (William Cowper).
b. susceptible to (a particular interpretation).
Ex. A wa
patient
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noun 1. a person who is being treated by a doctor.
Ex. A physician ... may cure the disease and kill the patient (Francis Bacon).
2. a person or thing that undergoes some action; recipient.
Ex. He that is not free is not an Agent but a
patient
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patient, adjective, noun.