[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tolerate \tol"erate\, v. t. imp.  p. p. tolerated; p. pr. 
   vb. n. tolerating. l. toleratus, p. p. of tolerare, fr.
   the same root as tollere to lift up, tuli, used as perfect of
   ferre to bear, latus for tlatus, used as p. p. of ferre to
   bear, and e. thole. see thole, and cf. atlas,
   collation, delay, elate, extol, legislate,
   oblate, prelate, relate, superlative, talent,
   toll to take away, translate.
   to suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or
   hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing;
   not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful
   practices.
   1913 webster

         crying should not be tolerated in children. --locke.
   1913 webster

         we tolerate them because property and liberty, to a
         degree, require that toleration.         --burke.
   1913 webster

   syn: see permit.
        1913 webster
see also:
tolerated tolerating thole atlas collation delay 
elate extol legislate oblate prelate 
relate superlative talent toll translate 
permit 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tolerate
     v 1: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "i cannot bear
          his constant criticism"; "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" syn: digest, endure, stick out,
           stomach, bear, stand, support, brook, abide,
           suffer, put up
     2: recognize and respect rights and beliefs of others; "we
        must tolerate the religions of others"
     3: have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen;
        "the patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs
        we gave him"
     4: allow the presence of or allow an activity without
        opposing or prohibiting; "we don't allow dogs here";
        "children are not permitted beyond this point"; "we cannot
        tolerate smoking in the hospital" syn: allow, permit
see also:
digest endure stick out stomach bear stand 
support brook abide suffer put up 
allow permit 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

60 moby thesaurus words for "tolerate":
   abide, abide with, accept, admit, allow, be big, be content with,
   be easy with, bear, bear with, bide, blink at, brave, brook,
   concede, condone, connive at, consent to, countenance, disregard,
   endure, go, hang in, hang in there, hang tough, have, hear of,
   ignore, indulge, judge not, lean over backwards, listen to reason,
   live with, lump, lump it, not write off, overlook, permit,
   persevere, pocket, put up with, sanction, see both sides,
   spare the rod, stand, stand for, stick, stomach, submit to, suffer,
   support, suspend judgment, sustain, swallow, take, take up with,
   undergo, view with indulgence, weather, wink at

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