transitive verb (-ated; -ating)
Etymology: 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
Date: 1524
to endure or resist the action of (as a drug or food) without serious side effects or discomfort ; exhibit physiological tolerance for,
2. to allow to be or to be done without prohibition, hindrance, or contradiction, to put up with , see: bear tolerative adjective tolerator noun
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