tolerate.
To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
Meaning & usage
To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
The party tolerated corruption within its ranks.
To bear, withstand.
I can tolerate working on Saturday, but not Sunday.
The elevator can tolerate up to 360 kilograms.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin tolerātus, the perfect passive participle of tolerō (“to endure”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”) and French tolérer. More at thole.
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