(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.