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TOLERATE - v 1. permit something: to be willing to allow something to happen or exist 2. endure something: to withstand the unpleasant effects of something 3. accept existence of different views: to recognize other people's right to have different beliefs or practices without an attempt to suppress them 4. MEDICINE be unaffected by a drug: to fail to respond to a drug because the body has built up a resistance to it, or suffer no ill effects from being exposed to a harmful substance [Early 16th century. From Latin tolerare . Ultimately from an Indo-European base meaning 'to support', which is also the ancestor of English toll1 and talent.] tolerative n .