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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PATIENT, a. pa'shent. [L. patiens.]
1. Having the quality of enduring evils without murmuring or fretfulness; sustaining afflictions of body or mind with fortitude, calmness or christian submission to the divine will; as a patient person, or a person of patient temper. It is followed by of before the evil endured; as patient of labor or pain; patient of heat or cold.
2. Not easily provoked; calm under the sufferance of injuries or offenses; not revengeful.
Be patient towards all men. 1 Th 5.
3. Persevering; constant in pursuit or exertion; calmly diligent.
Whatever I have done is due to patient thought.
4. Not hasty; not over eager or impetuous; waiting or expecting with calmness or without discontent.
Not patient to expect the turns of fate.
PA'TIENT, n. A person or thing that received impressions from external agents; he or that which is passively affected.
Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate, that it often involves the agent and the patient.
1. A person diseased or suffering bodily indisposition. It is used in relation to the physician; as, the physician visits his patient morning and evening.
2. It is sometimes used absolutely for a sick person.
It is wonderful to observe how inapprehensive these patients are of their disease.
PA'TIENT,v.t. To compose one's self. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient" [ant: impatient] n
1: a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
2: the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn: affected role, patient role, patient]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English pacient, from Anglo-French, from Latin patient-, patiens, from present participle of pati to suffer; perhaps akin to Greek p?ma suffering Date: 14th century 1. bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint 2. manifesting forbearance under provocation or strain 3. not hasty or impetuous 4. steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity 5. a. able or willing to bear — used with of b. susceptible, admitting <patient of one interpretation> • patiently adverb II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. an individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment b. the recipient of any of various personal services 2. one that is acted upon

U.S. Military Dictionary

A sick, injured, wounded, or other person requiring medical and/or dental care or treatment. (JP 4-02)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. having or showing patience. --n. a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment. Derivatives: patiently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L patiens -entis pres. part. of pati suffer

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Patient Pa"tient, a. [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.] 1. Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear. Patient of severest toil and hardship. --Bp. Fell. 2. Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering. 3. Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor. Whatever I have done is due to patient thought. --Sir I. Newton. 4. Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed. Not patient to expect the turns of fate. --Prior. 5. Forbearing; long-suffering. Be patient toward all men. --1 Thess. v. 14.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Patient Pa"tient, n. 1. ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient. Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that often involves the agent and the patient. --Gov. of Tongue. 2. A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse. Like a physician, . . . seeing his patient in a pestilent fever. --Sir P. Sidney. In patient, a patient who receives lodging and food, as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary. Out patient, one who receives advice and medicine, or treatment, from an infirmary.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Patient Pa"tient, v. t. To compose, to calm. [Obs.] ``Patient yourself, madam.'' --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(patients) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A patient is a person who is receiving medical treatment from a doctor or hospital. A patient is also someone who is registered with a particular doctor. The earlier the treatment is given, the better the patient's chances... He specialized in treatment of cancer patients. N-COUNT 2. If you are patient, you stay calm and do not get annoyed, for example when something takes a long time, or when someone is not doing what you want them to do. Please be patient–your cheque will arrive... He was endlessly kind and patient with children. ? impatient ADJ • patiently She waited patiently for Frances to finish. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Enduring, able to endure. 2. Submissive, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, passive, long-suffering. 3. Quiet, calm, contented. 4. Indulgent, lenient, long-suffering. 5. Persevering, persistent, diligent, assiduous, indefatigable, constant. II. n. Invalid, sufferer, sick person.

Moby Thesaurus

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