Patient

1. v. t. To compose, to calm.
2. a. Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.
3. a. Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering.
4. a. Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor.
5. a. Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed.
6. a. Forbearing; long-suffering.
7. n. ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
8. n. A person under medical or surgical treatment; — correlative to physician or nurse.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.