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• suf-
  suf-

  variant of sub- before f: suffer.
• suf.
  suf.

  abbreviation

  suffix.

suf-

¹ American  

1. variant of sub- before f: suffer.

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suf. ² American  

Or suff

abbreviation

1. suffix.

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suf. British  

abbreviation

1. suffix

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Example Sentences

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suf- suf.

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

I retain, however, a suf- ficiently clear impression of the little superannuated temple, with its four apses and its perceptible odor of antiquity, - the odor of the eleventh century.

From A Little Tour in France by Henry James

But not every man is prepared to fall in with this programme of inflicting physical suf- fering for the relief of physical suffering.                                   

From The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage by Almroth Wright

NOTE.—The euphonic variations suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, result from assimilating the b of sub- to the initial letter of the root.

From New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words by William Swinton

And even the suf- fragist does not suggest that the taxes which are levied on women are differentially applied to the uses of men.

From The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage by Almroth Wright

Rub every third day well into the skin quantum suf. of the following mixture:— Train oil—tanner's will do—one quart; spirits turpentine one large wineglass full; sulphur sufficient to let it just run off a stick.

From The Dog by Dinks

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

To work = labor‑i; suf. -ist denotes the agent. 10He must go... and would be away.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark

Father = patr‑o; suf. -in denotes feminine; ending -a makes it an adjective. 2In crowds.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark

Turn‑i is transitive; suf. -iĝ makes it intransitive. 10Disappeared.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark

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