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Webster 1913 Edition
Patience
1.
The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.
Strengthened with all might, . . . unto all
patience
and long-suffering. Col. i. 11.
I must have
patience
to endure the load. Shakespeare
Who hath learned lowliness
From his Lord’s cradle,
From his Lord’s cradle,
patience
from his cross. Keble.
2.
The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.
Have
patience
with me, and I will pay thee all. Matt. xviii. 29.
3.
Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.
He learned with
patience
, and with meekness taught. Harte.
4.
Sufferance; permission.
[Obs.]
Hooker.
They stay upon your
patience
. Shakespeare
5.
(Bot.)
A kind of dock (
Rumex Patientia
), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb. 6.
(Card Playing)
Solitaire.
Syn. –
Patience
, Resignation
. Patience implies the quietness or self-possession of one's own spirit under sufferings, provocations, etc.; resignation implies submission to the will of another. The Stoic may have patience; the Christian should have both patience and resignation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Patience
PATIENCE
,Noun.
1.
The suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation or other evil, with a calm, unruffled temper; endurance without murmuring or fretfulness. Patience may spring from constitutional fortitude, from a kind of heroic pride, or from christian submission to the divine will.2.
A calm temper which bears evils without murmuring or discontent.3.
The act or quality of waiting long for justice or expected good without discontent. Have patience with me,and I will pay thee all. Matt.18.
4.
Perseverance; constancy in labor or exertion. He learnt with patience, and with meekness taught.
5.
The quality of bearing offenses and injuries without anger or revenge. His rage was kindled and his patience gone.
6.
Sufferance; permission. [Not used.]7.
A plant, a species of rumex of dock.Definition 2024
Patience
Patience
See also: patience
English
Proper noun
Patience
- A female given name.
- 1929 Mazo de la Roche, Whiteoaks of Jalna, Dundurn Press (2006), ISBN 1894852249, page 229:
- Meg had named it Patience. "But why?" he had exclaimed, not liking the name at all. "Patience is my favourite virtue," she had replied, "and we can call her Patty for short."
- 1929 Mazo de la Roche, Whiteoaks of Jalna, Dundurn Press (2006), ISBN 1894852249, page 229:
patience
patience
See also: Patience
English
Noun
patience (usually uncountable, plural patiences)
- The quality of being patient.
- Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US. (card game).
Related terms
Antonyms
Translations
quality of being patient
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game that can be played by one person
External links
- patience in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- patience in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911