Tolerate
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To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition orhindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not torestrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.Crying should not be tolerated in children. Locke.We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, requirethat toleration. Burke.
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to endure or resist the action of (as a drug or food) without serious side effects
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[tol]·[er]·[ate]
ˈtäləˌrāt/
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If she tolerates you, she likes you or something youre doing. -
Allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference.
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to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them:
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