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Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear. Patient of severest toil and hardship. Bp. Fell.

In a patient manner. Cowper.

Suffering or enduring together. [Obs.] Sir G. Buck.

Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under. A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity. Jer. Taylor. Fame, impatient of extremes, decays…

In an impatient manner.

A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from outpatient.

Capable of enduring all things. [R.] Carlyle.

A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it.

Patient to excess.

Impatient. [Obs.] Wyclif.

To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. She could not abide Master Shallow. Shak.

Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] "The body agent." Bacon.

Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. Quian.

the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.

to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient. -- Asth*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

ting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison.

That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.

ence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted."Impatient for the award." Cowper. An award had been given against. Gilpin.

To endure with patience; to be patient. I can not, can not bear. Dryden.

Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.