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tolerate
- Posted Yesterday 11:00 pm
The Buzzword of the Day for 05/21/2013 is:tolerate (verb)
\TAH-luh-rayt\
What does it mean?
1 : to allow something to be or be done without making a move to stop it : put up with 2 : to withstand the action of How do you use it?
Desert plants are able to tolerate long periods of drought.
Are you a word wiz?
What do you think was happening when the word "tolerate" was first being used in English?
A. England's King John, unable to tolerate his barons' pressure for greater liberties, signed the Magna Carta (early 1200s).
B. Suleiman I ruled the Ottoman Empire, bringing military power, legal reform, cultural achievement, and religious tolerance (early 1500s).
C. The British Parliament passed the Toleration Act, granting freedom of worship to various religious groups (late 1600s).
D. The Intolerable Acts were passed, leading to the convening of the first Continental Congress in Philadelphia (late 1700s).
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