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

  Tolerate \Tol"er*ate\, 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.
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           Crying should not be tolerated in children. --Locke.
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           We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a
           degree, require that toleration.         --Burke.
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     Syn: See {Permit}.
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