Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Sofferí-re, v. a. to suffer, bear, endure, undergo. Non lo posso —, I cannot bear him. — un'ingiuria, to brook an affront; v. n. to forbear, abstain, refrain. — ed astenersi, to bear and forbear; s. m. Sofferí-tóre, f. Sofferí-tríce.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
sofferire: to suffer, to endure, to beare, to tollerate.