tolerate

tolerate (ˈtɒləˌreɪt)

—vb
1.	to treat with indulgence, liberality, or forbearance
2.	to permit
3.	to be able to bear; put up with
4.	med to have tolerance for (a drug, poison, etc)

[C16: from Latin tolerāre sustain; related to thole²]

'tolerative

—*adj*

'tolerator

—n

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tolerate tol·er·ate (tŏl'ə-rāt')
v. tol·er·at·ed, tol·er·at·ing, tol·er·ates

To allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit.
To put up with; endure.
To have tolerance for a substance or pathogen.

tol'er·a'tive adj.

Example sentences

Unlike many others, he refused to tolerate the notion that inner-city students

were incapable of learning.

He and his colleagues have conducted pre-clinical experiments that have shown

that people can tolerate it.

And all of them are plants that can tolerate turbid waters.

We simply cannot tolerate such cruel and inhuman actions.

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