tolerate

verb
/ˈtɒl.ə.ɹeɪt/UK/ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/US

Etymology

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.

  1. borrowed from tolerātus

Definitions

  1. To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.

    • The party tolerated corruption within its ranks.
  2. To bear, withstand.

    • I can tolerate working on Saturday, but not Sunday.
    • The elevator can tolerate up to 360 kilograms.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tolerate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at tolerate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at tolerate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA