different between tolerate vs atone

English

Etymology

From Latin toler?tus (past participle), from toler? (“I endure”). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”). More at thole.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?l.?.?e?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?l.?.?e?t/

Verb

tolerate (third-person singular simple present tolerates, present participle tolerating, simple past and past participle tolerated)

1. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

   Synonyms: allow, bear, brook, endure, live with, put up with; see also Thesaurus:tolerate

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).

Related terms

• tolerability
• tolerable
• tolerance
• tolerant
• toleration

Translations

Further reading

• tolerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tolerate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tolerate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Esperanto

Adverb

tolerate

1. present adverbial passive participle of toleri

Latin

Verb

toler?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of toler?  "bear ye, endure ye, tolerate ye"

Participle

toler?te

1. vocative masculine singular of toler?tus

English

Etymology

From atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at +? one. Compare Latin ad?n? (“I unite, make one”) for the similar formation. Regarding the different phonological development of atone and one, see the note in one.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??t??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??to?n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Verb

atone (third-person singular simple present atones, present participle atoning, simple past and past participle atoned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. [from 1680s]

   Synonyms: expiate, propitiate

2. (obsolete, transitive) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. [from 1570s]
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. [from 1590s]
4. (obsolete, transitive) To unite in making.
5. (proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “atone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• atone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “atone”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Eaton, neato, oaten

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t?n/

Adjective

atone (plural atones)

1. expressionless
2. (linguistics) unstressed
3. (linguistics) mute

Further reading

• “atone” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

atone

1. feminine plural of atono

Anagrams

• aneto, etano