tolerate

Meaning

Verb

  • To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

Origin

  • From Latin tolerātus, from tolerō. Cognate with Old English þolian ("to tolerate, suffer, bear"). More at thole.

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