SUFFER (2)

Suf″fer, v. i. 1. 1. To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.
O well for him whose will is strong! He suffers, but he will not suffer long. Tennyson. 2. 2. To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.
The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following. Clarendon. 3. 3. To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.
Public business suffers by private infirmities. Sir W. Temple.