Vocabulary : Patience to Patness
Patience : The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc. ;; The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance. ;; Constancy in labor or application; perseverance. ;; Sufferance; permission. ;; A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb. ;; Solitaire.Patient : Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear. ;; Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering. ;; Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor. ;; Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed. ;; Forbearing; long-suffering. ;; ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient. ;; A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse. ;; To compose, to calm.
Patiently : In a patient manner.
Patin : Alt. of Patine
Patina : A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella. ;; The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.
