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    [Verb]  | "tol*er*ate" | \ ˈtä-lə-ˌrāt \


    1: to allow to be or to be done without prohibition, hindrance, or contradiction

    2: to put up with

    3: to endure or resist the action of (something, such as a drug or food) without serious side effects or discomfort : exhibit physiological tolerance for


    Origin: 1524 ;

     Latin toleratus, past participle of tolerare to endure, put up with; akin to Old English tholian to bear, Latin tollere to lift up, latus carried (suppletive past participle of ferre), Greek tlēnai to bear;

    [Verb]  | "tolerates" 


    1: to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference;


      * e.g., " ... my boss simply doesn't tolerate tardiness "





    2: to put up with (something painful or difficult);


      * e.g., " ... suffering a terrible headache, the poor woman couldn't tolerate all the noise the neighbors were making "



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    [Verb]  | "tolerate" 


    1: to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference;


      * e.g., " ... my boss simply doesn't tolerate tardiness "





    2: to put up with (something painful or difficult);


      * e.g., " ... suffering a terrible headache, the poor woman couldn't tolerate all the noise the neighbors were making "



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