Definition

To compose, to calm. [Obs.] "Patient yourself, madam." Shak.

Other Definitions

This word also has 2 other definitions:

PATIENT (adjective)

1. Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear. Patient of severest toil and hardship. Bp. Fell. 2. Undergoing pains, trails, o...

PATIENT (noun)

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 ...