Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo be able to justify the expense of.
Variant of thole, from Middle English tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian (“to bear; endure”). Cognate with Scots thoil. More at thole.
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