tolerate
to·le·rate
verb
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”
3.
Origin
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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