[tol.er.ate] vt -at.ed ; -at.ing [L toleratus, pp. of tolerare to endure, put up with; akin to OE tholian to bear, L tollere to lift up, latus carried (suppletive pp. of ferre), Gk tlenai to bear] (1531) 1: to exhibit physiological tolerance for (as a drug)
2. a: to suffer to be or to be done without prohibition, hindrance, or contradiction b: to put up with syn see bear -- tol.er.a.tive adj -- tol.er.a.tor n