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v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

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resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm

v. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

resist, reject, refuse

v. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

defy, withstand, hold, hold up

v. resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"

deal

v. behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"

refrain, forbear

v. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

stand

v. be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"

suffer, meet

v. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on

v. be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

continue, go on, persist in, go along

v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

push

v. sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"

endeavor, endeavour, strive

v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

struggle

v. to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"

labor, labour

v. undergo the efforts of childbirth

insist, assert

v. assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"

insist, take a firm stand

v. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"

keep, maintain, hold

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

assert, asseverate, maintain

v. state categorically

sustain, keep, maintain

v. supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"

bear, hold

v. have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade"

excuse, condone

v. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"

concede, yield, grant

v. be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"

back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support

v. be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

subscribe, support

v. adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion"

preserve

v. keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes"

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

support, back up

v. give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"

be

v. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

last, endure

v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

lie

v. be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"

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