suf-
variant of sub- before f: suffer.
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Lu suffered an unimportant loss when several junks carrying troops were sunk on Lake Taihu; most of the soldiers suf- fered nothing more than a ducking.
From Time Magazine Archive
For ioyning Virgil with Homer I haue suf- ficientlie declared before.
From The Schoolmaster by Roger Ascham
Vicarious suffering 36:30 Religious history repeats itself in the suf- fering of the just for the unjust.
From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
He cared not for the name / it was suf- ficiēt to hym to haue the dede / & so / the lesse he cared for glorye / the more alwayes he opteyned.
From The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke by Leonard Cox
And this shal suf- fyce for Numeration on the fyngers.
From The Earliest Arithmetics in English by Robert Steele
To name = nom‑i; with suf. -iĝ = to get named, to be called. 4Tired out.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
To lie = kuŝi; suf. -ej denotes place. 5Became.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
To think = pens‑i; suf. -em denotes propensity. 2With his widowed mother, i.e. his own = sia. 3This was his name.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
Alone = sol‑a; suf. -ec denotes abstract. 12Came and perched.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
Confused = konfuz‑a; suf. -ig denotes causation, confusion‑causing. 8Kept rolling.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
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