Tŏl'er-āte, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. TOLERATED; p. pr. & vb. n. TOLERATING.] [Lat. tolerare, toleratum, from the root tol, whence tollere, to lift up, and tuli, perfect of ferre, to bear; It. tollerare, Sp. & Pg. tolerar, Pr. tollerar, Fr. tolérer.] To suffer to be or to be done without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; as, to tolerate opinions or practices.

Crying should not be tolerated in children. Locke.

We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, require that toleration. Burke.