2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tolerate \Tol"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tolerated}; p. pr &
vb n. {Tolerating}.] [L. toleratus p. p. of tolerare, fr
the same root as tollere to lift up tuli, used as perfect of
ferre to bear, latus (for tlatus), used as p. p. of ferre to
bear, and E. thole. See {Thole}, and cf {Atlas},
{Collation}, {Delay}, {Elate}, {Extol}, {Legislate},
{Oblate}, {Prelate}, {Relate}, {Superlative}, {Talent},
{Toll} to take away {Translate}.]
To suffer to be or to be done without prohibition or
hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing;
not to restrain; to put up with as to tolerate doubtful
practices.
Crying should not be tolerated in children. --Locke.
We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a
degree, require that toleration. --Burke.
Syn: See {Permit}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tolerate
v : put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear
his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure
a lot of unprofessional remarks" [syn: {endure}, {stomach},
{bear}, {stand}, {brook}, {abide}, {suffer}, {put up}]
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