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Traditional English :: patience
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patient.html - n. 1 calm endurance of hardship, provocation, pain, delay, etc. 2 tolerant perseverance or forbearance. 3 the capacity for calm self-possessed waiting. 4 esp. Brit. a game for one player in which cards taken in random order have to be arranged in certain groups or sequences. have no patience with 1 be unable to tolerate. 2 be irritated by. [ME f. OF f. L patientia (as PATIENT)] |
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Traditional English :: patient
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patient.html - adj. & n. --adj. having or showing patience. --n. a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment. patiently adv. [ME f. OF f. L patiens -entis pres. part. of pati suffer] |
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Traditional English :: patience
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patient.html - n. 1 calm endurance of hardship, provocation, pain, delay, etc. 2 tolerant perseverance or forbearance. 3 the capacity for calm self-possessed waiting. 4 esp. Brit. a game for one player in which cards taken in random order have to be arranged in certain groups or sequences. have no patience with 1 be unable to tolerate. 2 be irritated by. [ME f. OF f. L patientia (as PATIENT)] |
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Traditional English :: patient
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patient.html - adj. & n. --adj. having or showing patience. --n. a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment. patiently adv. [ME f. OF f. L patiens -entis pres. part. of pati suffer] |
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Traditional English :: patience
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patient.html - n. 1 calm endurance of hardship, provocation, pain, delay, etc. 2 tolerant perseverance or forbearance. 3 the capacity for calm self-possessed waiting. 4 esp. Brit. a game for one player in which cards taken in random order have to be arranged in certain groups or sequences. have no patience with 1 be unable to tolerate. 2 be irritated by. [ME f. OF f. L patientia (as PATIENT)] |
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Traditional English :: patient
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patient.html - adj. & n. --adj. having or showing patience. --n. a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment. patiently adv. [ME f. OF f. L patiens -entis pres. part. of pati suffer] |
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