Allows something to happen or exist even if you don't like it; puts up with or endures something.
From Latin 'tolerare' (to bear, carry, endure), related to 'tollere' (to lift up). The word entered English through French and has maintained its sense of 'bearing a burden.' The '-ates' is the third-person singular present tense.
Biologically, 'tolerance' happens when your immune system learns not to attack something—like how you might develop a tolerance to a medication—so even the medical term uses the ancient 'bearing/enduring' concept from Latin!
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