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▪ I. long-suffering, n.
Patient endurance of provocation or trial; longanimity.
1526Tindale Gal. v. 22 The frute off the sprete is, love, ioye, peace, longe sufferynge [so Coverdale; Luther has langmüthigkeit]. 1529― Prol. to Exod. (1884) 162 Marke the longesoferinge and softe pacience of Moses. 1597J. Payne Royal Exch. 39 Cease thy admirations on Gods longe suffrings and providens, neyther mervell..why God delayeth his help. 1611Bible Rom. ii. 4. a 1729 J. Rogers 19 Serm. (1735) 351 His Forbearance and Long-suffering will not endure for ever. 1854J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. viii. 154 Napoleon, who was by no means distinguished for meekness and long-suffering. 1860Trench Serm. Westm. Abb. xxx. 339 Long-suffering, or slowness to anger.
▪ II. long-suffering, a.
Bearing provocation or trial with patience.
1535Coverdale Exod. xxxiv. 6 Lorde Lorde, God, mercifull and gracious, and longe sufferinge. 1611Bible 2 Pet. iii. 9 The Lorde..is long-suffring to vs-ward. 1687Dryden Hind. & P. iii. 276 And grant ungrateful friends a lengthened space To implore the remnants of long-suffering grace. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville I. 269 They showed them⁓selves..as brave and skilful in war as they had been mild and long-suffering in peace. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 374 God can be long-suffering, because He can, whenever He sees good, punish. 1900Speaker 8 Sept. 615/1 Henry the Sixth's longsuffering Queen rested here awhile.
Hence longˈsufferingly adv.
1891L. Keith Lost Illusion I. iii. 54 Priscilla bore..long-sufferingly with this mild pursuit. |