patient
adjective[L. patiens.]
pa’shent.
patient
Having the quality of enduring evils without murmuring or fretfulness; sustaining afflictions of body or mind with fortitude, calmness or christian submission to the divine will; as a patient person, or a person of patient temper. It is followed by of before the evil endured; as patient of labor or pain; patient of heat or cold.
patient
Not easily provoked; calm under the sufferance of injuries or offenses; not revengeful. Be patient towards all men.7 Thessalonians 5:14.
patient
Persevering; constant in pursuit or exertion; calmly diligent. Whatever I have done is due to patient thought.
patient
Not hasty; not over eager or impetuous; waiting or expecting with calmness or without discontent. Not patient to expect the turns of fate.
patient
nounA person or thing that received impressions from external agents; he or that which is passively affected. Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate, that it often involves the agent and the patient.
patient
A person diseased or suffering bodily indisposition. It is used in relation to the physician; as, the physician visits his patient morning and evening.
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It is sometimes used absolutely for a sick person. It is wonderful to observe how inapprehensive these patients are of their disease.
patient
verb transitiveTo compose one’s self.