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Webster 1913 Edition


Tolerate

Tol′er-ate

,
Verb.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tolerate

TOL'ERATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. tolero, from tollo, to lift.] To suffer to be or to be done without prohibition or hinderance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; as, to tolerate opinions or practices. The protestant religion is tolerated in France, and the Roman Catholic in Great Britain.
Crying should not be tolerated in children.
The law of love tolerates no vice, and patronizes every virtue.

Definition 2024


tolerate

tolerate

English

Verb

tolerate (third-person singular simple present tolerates, present participle tolerating, simple past and past participle tolerated)

  1. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.
    I like the way he plays the guitar, but I can't tolerate his voice when he sings.
    I can tolerate working on Saturdays, but not on Sundays.

Usage notes

  • This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

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Translations


Esperanto

Adverb

tolerate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of toleri

Latin

Verb

tolerāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of tolerō  "bear ye, endure ye, tolerate ye"

Participle

tolerāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of tolerātus