tolerate
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tol·er·ate 
[tol-uh-reyt] Pronunciation Key
[tol-uh-reyt] Pronunciation Key –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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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| tol·er·ate
(tŏl'ə-rāt') Pronunciation Key
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 | |
verb | |
| 1. | put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| 2. | recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others); "We must tolerate the religions of others" |
| 3. | have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him" |
| 4. | allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital" [syn: allow] |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tol'er·a'tive adj.
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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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