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tol⋅er⋅ate
[tol-uh-reyt]
–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
| 1. | to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit. |
| 2. | to endure without repugnance; put up with: I can tolerate laziness, but not incompetence. |
| 3. | Medicine/Medical. to endure or resist the action of (a drug, poison, etc.). |
| 4. | Obsolete. to experience, undergo, or sustain, as pain or hardship. |
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tol·er·ate (tŏl'ə-rāt') tr.v. tol·er·at·ed, tol·er·at·ing, tol·er·ates
[Latin tolerāre, tolerāt-, to bear; see telə- in Indo-European roots.] tol'er·a'tive adj., tol'er·a'tor n. |
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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.
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Language Translation for : tolerate
Spanish:
tolerar,
German:
erträglich,
Japanese:
我慢する
Main Entry: tol·er·ate
Pronunciation: 'täl-&-"rAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed; -at·ing
: to endure or resist the action of (as a drug or food) without grave or lasting injury tolerate fats very well —H. R. Litchfield & L. H.Dembo>
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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.
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