tolerate

From Latin tolerātus (past participle), from tolerō (“I endure”). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”). More at thole.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑl.ə.ɹeɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹeɪt/

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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.

   Synonyms: allow, bear, brook, endure, live with, put up with; see also Thesaurus:tolerate

   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.

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).

• tolerability
• tolerable
• tolerance
• tolerant
• toleration

• tolerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tolerate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tolerate at OneLook Dictionary Search

tolerate

1. present adverbial passive participle of toleri

tolerāte

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

tolerāte

1. vocative masculine singular of tolerātus