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Tolerate

verb

(past & past part. tolerated; pres. part. tolerating)

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support. "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"

Recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others).

Have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition.

Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting. Synonyms: allow, permit. "Children are not permitted beyond this point" , "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"

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"Tolerate" Quotes from Famous Books

... acquaintance possibly May make you tolerate his hue; At least 'tis my intent to try What a short month may chance ...

— Books for Children - The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Vol. 3 • Charles and Mary Lamb

... excursions by water up or down the river or, sometimes, when it was not otherwise required, in a light cart used in the business, to Epping or Hainault Forest. Bob was expected to be back to dinner and, thanks to the foreman—who knew that his employer would not tolerate the smallest unpunctuality—he always succeeded in getting back in time to wash and change his clothes ...

— Held Fast For England - A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) • G. A. Henty

... did wrong. Three of 'em had chillun by de overseer, Mr. Whitefield, and Marster put 'em on de block. No ma'm he wouldn't tolerate dat. He say you keep de race pure. Lawdy, he made us lib right ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Georgia Narratives, Part 4 • Works Projects Administration

... the other hand, that giving to violence a free rein means an amount of anarchy which no state can tolerate, that non-union laborers have, under the law, a claim to protection, and that allowing strikers to drive them from the field is permitting a monopoly to be ...

— Essentials of Economic Theory - As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy • John Bates Clark

... derelict, in that they did not bear testimony against slavery. True, most of the great religious bodies of the country were soon rent asunder on the question: Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, were divided between North and South, because neither side could tolerate the other's position on slavery. But nothing satisfied Mr. Garrison. To him the churches were "cages of unclean birds ...

— The Negro and the Nation - A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement • George S. Merriam

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