Suffer definition

Suffer in Matt 19:14 means “permit”; “study” in 2 Tim 2:15 means “be eager, be diligent.” See the Oxford English Dictionary (the largest unabridged dictionary of the English language) for help here: it traces the uses of words through their history, pinpointing the year in which a new meaning came into vogue.
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Suffer in this context, means “[t]o allow or permit.” Id. at 1446.
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Suffer means to knowingly or unknowingly allow or permit.
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Examples of Suffer in a sentence

  • Suffer or permit a failure to comply with the Minimum Property Condition at all times.

  • Suffer or permit any transaction with any Affiliate, except on terms not less favorable to the Company or Subsidiary than would be usual and customary in similar transactions with non-affiliated persons.

  • Suffer, permit or initiate the joint assessment of any Mortgaged Property with any other real property constituting a separate tax lot.

  • Suffer or permit any modification or amendment to any VSE Entity’s corporate governance documents, to the extent such modification or amendment could reasonably be expected to prejudice the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s rights or remedies under any Loan Document, or the priority, perfection or enforceability of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in or lien on any Collateral.

  • Suffer or permit any Restricted Non-Borrower Affiliate to (i) engage in any business other than the winding down and dissolution of such entities; (ii) incur any indebtedness or obtain any material assets; (iii) modify its organizational documents; or (iv) obtain or use any Loan proceeds.

  • Suffer from an illness or injury expected to incapacitate the employee (or family member) for an extended period of time which creates a financial hardship for the employee because he/she has exhausted all available paid leave entitlement.

  • Suffer or permit the dissolution or liquidation of any Significant Subsidiary, except (a) in connection with a corporate reorganization of the Borrower permitted by Section 7.02, or (b) in connection with the sale of a Subsidiary or its assets permitted pursuant to Section 7.03.

  • Suffer any material adverse change in the business, assets, properties, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or the Station, or any damage, destruction or loss affecting any assets used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower.

  • Suffer any lien, encumbrance, mortgage or security interest on any of its property, except Permitted Liens.

  • Suffer or permit any Material Adverse Change to be made in the character of the business it or any Guarantor engages in as of the Closing Date.

Related to Suffer

  • Incur means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.

  • Permit means any license, permit, certificate, consent, order, grant, approval, classification, registration or other authorization of and from any Governmental Entity;

  • Assume shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c); and the terms “Assumed” and “Assumption” shall have their correlative meanings.

  • Censure means an expression of disapproval of a licensee's or registrant's professional conduct, which conduct is not necessarily a violation of this act or a rule promulgated or an order issued under this act.

  • Encumbrance means any charge, claim, community property interest, pledge, condition, equitable interest, lien (statutory or other), option, security interest, mortgage, easement, encroachment, right of way, right of first refusal, or restriction of any kind, including any restriction on use, voting, transfer, receipt of income or exercise of any other attribute of ownership.