PTS Pali-English dictionary - The Pali Text Society's Pali-English dictionary
Dhāreti,[Caus.of dharati,q.v.for etym.] to hold,viz.1.to carry,bear,wear,possess; to put on,to bring,give D.I,166≈(chavadussāni etc.); Vin.I,16=D.I,110≈ (telapajjotaṁ); D.II,19 (chattaṁ to hold a sunshade over a person); PvA.47 (id.); dehaṁ dh.to “wear,” i.e.to have a body It.50,53 (antimaṁ d.); J.IV,3 (padumaṁ); VI,136; Pv.I,31 (vaṇṇaṁ dh.=vahasi PvA.14); tassa kahāpaṇaṁ daṇḍaṁ dh.“to inflict a fine of a k.on him” Miln.171.-- 2.to hold back,restrain Vin.IV,261 (kathaṁ dhāretha how do you suppress or conceal pregnancy?); Dh.222 (kodhaṁ).-- 3.to bear in mind,know by heart,understand:dhammaṁ to know the Dhamma A.III,176; tipiṭakaṁ buddhavacanaṁ to know the 3 Piṭakas Miln.18.-- D.II,2; Pug.41 (suṇāti,bhaṇati,dh.=remember).Cp.upadhāreti.-- With double Acc.:to receive as,to take=believe,to take for,consider as,call:upāsakaṁ maṁ dhāretu Bhagavā “call me your disciple” Vin.I,16 & passim; atthajālan ti pi naṁ dhārehi (call it ...) D.I,46; yathā pañhaṁ Bhagavā vyākaroti tathā naṁ dhareyyāsi (believe it) D.I,222; yathā no (atthaṁ) Gotamo vyākarissati tathā naṁ dhāressāma D.I,236; evaṁ maṁ dhārehi adhimuttacittaṁ (consider as) Sn.1149 (=upalakkhehi Nd2 323).-- 4.to admit,allow,allow for,take up,support (a cause); to give,to owe D.I,125 (may allow),126; A.II,69 (na kassa kiñci dh.pays no tribute); Miln.47 (atthaṁ).(Page 341)
Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera
dhāreti:[dhar + e] bears; holds; wears.
Pali-Dictionary Vipassana Research Institute
dhāreti:To bear,to carry,to hold,to keep; to wear; to possess; to restrain; to bear in mind,to know by heart