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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 practicesCrying 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.
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)
- 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
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
to allow without interference
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