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
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
The situation demands the bring- ing forward of the case against woman's suf- frage; and it must be the full and quite unex- purgated case.
From The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage by Almroth Wright
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
To feed = nutr‑i; suf. -aĵ denotes stuff. 7The rest of.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
Young = jun‑a; old = maljuna; suf. -iĝ denotes becoming; prefix ek- denotes beginning, or sudden action. 7Every morning = ĉiumatene.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
Young = juna; suf. -ec denotes abstract. 13Became gloomy altogether.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
Gay = gaj‑a; gloomy = malgaja; suf. -ad denotes continuance.
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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