Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tolerate \Tol"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tolerated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Tolerating}.] [L. toleratus, p. p. of tolerare, fr.
   the same root as tollere to lift up, tuli, used as perfect of
   ferre to bear, latus (for tlatus), used as p. p. of ferre to
   bear, and E. thole. See {Thole}, and cf. {Atlas},
   {Collation}, {Delay}, {Elate}, {Extol}, {Legislate},
   {Oblate}, {Prelate}, {Relate}, {Superlative}, {Talent},
   {Toll} to take away, {Translate}.]
   To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or
   hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing;
   not to restrain; 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, require that toleration.         --Burke.

   Syn: See {Permit}.