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tolerare

tolerare [CL] 1 to bear the weight of, support (in quot. fig.). ne [coronam] ~ando lassescas ‥ auxiliabor Bede Apoc. 141C. 2 to be subjected to, suffer, undergo, endure. si longe esset dives ab oculis ‥ minorem ~asset temptationem pauper Bede Luke 534D; levior fit calamitatis miseria quam ~o Abbo QG 1 (3); formidans ‥ alia pejora ~are Meaux I 328. 3 to be prepared to endure, to put up with, bear, tolerate, (also) to be able to endure, cope with. corporis ‥ necessitates equanimiter ~are V. Neot. A 3; facilius ~es opes non habuisse quam habitas amisisse W. Malm. GR II 177; Normannia ‥ diu seditiones intestinas probe ~at Ib. V 397; veteres incole suum nullatenus equanimiter tollerantes exilium Map NC V 5 f. 63; [abbas] enervacionem virium sui corporis ~abat Meaux II 313n. 4 to allow to exist or happen without interference, suffer, tolerate; b (w. cl.); c (absol.). 597 in his qui per ignorantiam fecerunt, culpa aliquatenus ~anda est (Lit. Papae) Bede HE I 27 p. 51; aestimo eas [diversitates] potius in pace concorditer ~andas quam discorditer cum scandalo damnandas Anselm (Sacr. 1) II 240; dominum ‥ tollerandum non occidendum ‥ salubriter frequentamus advertendum (Leg. Hen. 83. 1) GAS 599; hoc ‥ nullatenus tollerarem V. Chris. Marky. 22; s1356 ~are dictam civitatem in pace Avesb. f. 134; gladii possessionem eis [sc. plebeis] ‥ tolleratam Ad. Usk 43; nullos ociosos ‥ in regno suo voluit ~are Plusc. VII 33.  b quia ‥ ~are non potuerint ut templum ‥ aedificaretur Bede Ezra 867A; s1150 construi super aquas in habitaculis ergasteria ~avit Diceto YH 292; c1309 tolneta ‥ indebite exigi ‥ tollerant Reg. Cant. 1018; 1327 fratres quibus erat indictum jejunium ‥ potagio illis diebus refici ~amus Lit. Cant. I 209.  c 1304 soluciones singulas ‥ solvant indilate ‥ ita quod quindenam non excedant, nisi obedienciarius ‥ ulterius voluerit tollerare Ord. Ely 27.

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