dr_oder
11-22-2002, 12:31 PM
Pick one. Amazing how they are can be applied.
pa·tient (pshnt)
adj.
Bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance with calmness.
Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance.
Tolerant; understanding: an unfailingly patient leader and guide.
Persevering; constant: With patient industry, she revived the failing business and made it thrive.
Capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or result; not hasty or impulsive.
Capable of bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance: “My uncle Toby was a man patient of injuries” (Laurence Sterne).
n.
One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.
Linguistics. A noun or noun phrase identifying one that is acted upon or undergoes an action. Also called goal.
Archaic. One who suffers.
pa·tient (pshnt)
adj.
Bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance with calmness.
Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance.
Tolerant; understanding: an unfailingly patient leader and guide.
Persevering; constant: With patient industry, she revived the failing business and made it thrive.
Capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or result; not hasty or impulsive.
Capable of bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance: “My uncle Toby was a man patient of injuries” (Laurence Sterne).
n.
One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.
Linguistics. A noun or noun phrase identifying one that is acted upon or undergoes an action. Also called goal.
Archaic. One who suffers.