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Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience. Jer. Taylor.

Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. [Colloq.]

of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose !

Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face. "Her meek prayer." Chaucer.

adjacent parts of the Atlantic. -- Monk's rhubarb (Bot.), a kind of dock; -- also called patience (Rumex Patientia).

of ships; clouds obstruct the light of the sun; unwise rules obstruct legislation. "Th' impatience of obstructed love." Johnson.

Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off. Out, idle words, servants to shallow fools ! Shak. Out upon or on! equivalent to "shame upon!" "away with!" as, out upon you!

Not capable of being painted or described. "In paintless patience." Savage.

orthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. I will be the pattern of all patience. Shak.

charge a debt by delivering (money owed). "Pay me that thou owest." Matt. xviii. 28. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Matt. xviii. 26. If they pay this tax, they starve. Tennyson.

Without complaint; unrepining. "Plaintless patience." Savage.

estly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for. I know not how to pray your patience. Shak.

To advise or recommend earnestly. My master preaches patience to him. Shak. To preach down, to oppress, or humiliate by preaching. Tennyson. -- To preach up, to exalt by preaching; to preach in support of; as, to preach up equality.

are left of the captivity. Neh. i. 3. The remnant of my tale is of a length To tire your patience. Dryden.

ate the presence of. [R.] That cuts us off from hope, and savors only Rancor and pride, impatience and despite. Milton.

An exclamation expressive of impatience or anger. Shak.

g of; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] As it were to ride day and night; and . . . not to have patience to shift me. Shak.

m and skill at negotiations, diverted Alexander from the conquest of Athens. Swift. Where patience her sweet skill imparts. Keble.

; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos. Sir W. Scott.

To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.] I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. Shak.