*toler*

n. The quality of being intolerable; intolerableness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. intolérable, L. intolerabilis. See In- not, and Tolerable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden. [ 1913 Webster ]

His insolence is more intolerable
Than all the princes in the land beside. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Enormous. [ 1913 Webster ]

This intolerable deal of sack. Shak.

-- In*tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*tol"er*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intolérance. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Lack of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; lack of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect. [ 1913 Webster ]

These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions of despotism. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Intolerance. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. intolerans, -antis: cf. F. intolérant. See In- not, and Tolerant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not enduring; not able to endure. [ 1913 Webster ]

The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not tolerating difference of opinion or sentiment, especially in religious matters; refusing to allow others the enjoyment of their opinions, rights, or worship; unjustly impatient of the opinion of those disagree with us; not tolerant; unforbearing; bigoted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Religion, harsh, intolerant, austere,
Parent of manners like herself severe. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An intolerant person; a bigot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an intolerant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not tolerated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Intolerant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Intolerance; lack of toleration; refusal to tolerate a difference of opinion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A physiological condition in which lactose cannot be hydrolyzed in the intestine, leading to uncomfortable gaseousness, cramps, or diarrhea after eating a lactose-containing food such as milk or ice cream. The symptoms may be prevented by ingesting a preparation of beta-galactosidase before or together with dairy products. [ PJC ]

n. The quality or state of being tolerable. [ R. ] Fuller. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tolerabilis: cf. F. tolérable. See Tolerate. ] 1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally. [ 1913 Webster ]

As may affect the earth with cold and heat
Scarce tolerable. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- Tol"er*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tolerantia: cf. F. tolérance. ] 1. The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market place, shaking, to show his tolerance. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Forestry) Capability of growth in more or less shade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. the allowed amount of variation from the standard or from exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight, hardness, voltage etc., in various mechanical or electrical devices or operations; -- caklled also allowance specif.: (Coinage) The amount which coins, either singly or in lots, are legally allowed to vary above or below the standard of weight or fineness. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

6. (Biochemistry) the capacity to resist the deleterious action of a chemical agent normally harmful to the organism; as, the acquired tolerance of bacteria to anitbiotics. [ PJC ]

7. (Immunology) the acquired inability to respond with an immune reaction to an antigen to which the organism normally responds; -- called also immunotolerance, immunological tolerance, or immune tolerance. Such tolerance may be induced by exposing an animal to the antigen at a very early stage of life, prior to maturation of the immune system, or, in adults, by exposing the animal to repeated low doses of a weak protein antigen (low-zone tolerance), or to a large amount of an antigen (high-zone tolerance). [ PJC ]

Tolerance of the mint. (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the mint. See under Remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tolerans, p. pr. of tolerare to tolerate: cf. F. tolérant. See Tolerate. ] Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crying should not be tolerated in children. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, require that toleration. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Permit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. toleratio: cf. OF. toleration. ] 1. The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, the allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a state when contrary to, or different from, those of the established church or belief. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters. [ 1913 Webster ]