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(1):

(a.) Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed.

(2):

(a.) Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor.

(3):

(n.) ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

(4):

(a.) Forbearing; long-suffering.

(5):

(a.) Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

(6):

(a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering.

(7):

(v. t.) To compose, to calm.

(8):

(n.) A person under medical or surgical treatment; - correlative to physician or nurse.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Patient'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/patient.html. 1828.
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