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Indulge

Indulge Meaning & Definition
Indulge Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indulge?

[v] yield (to); give satisfaction to
[v] enjoy to excess
[v] give free rein to; "The writer indulged in metaphorical language"
[v] treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Indulge: baby | cocker | coddle | cosset | featherbed | gratify | luxuriate | mollycoddle | pamper | pander | spoil

Related Terms | Find terms related to Indulge: accommodate with | adore | afford | appreciate | baby | bask | bask in | bay | be pleased with | bear | bear with | benignancy | benignity | blink at | brook | cater to | clemency | cocker | coddle | comply with | condone | connive at | cosset | countenance | courtesy | delight | delight in | derive pleasure from | devour | dispensation | eat up | endure | enjoy | favor | favor with | feast on | freak out on | furnish | gentleness | get high on | give way to | gloat over | gratify | groove on | have | heap upon | hear of | humor | indulge in | indulge with | indulgence | kindliness | kindness | lavish upon | lenience | leniency | like | live high | live well | love | luxuriate | luxuriate in | mercifulness | mildness | minister to | mollycoddle | much | oblige | overlook | pamper | pander to | please | pour on | provide | provide for | put up with | regale | rejoice in | relish | revel | revel in | riot in | roll | roll in | rollick | satisfy | savor | shower down upon | smack the lips | spoil | stand for | stomach | succumb to | suffer | supply | swim in | take pleasure in | tolerance | tolerate | toleration | treat to | wallow in | welter | wink at | yield to

See Also | cater | consume | deplete | do by | eat | eat up | exhaust | handle | humor | humour | ply | provide | run through | sow one's oats | sow one's wild oats | spree | supply | surfeit | treat | use up | wallow | wipe out

Indulge In Webster's Dictionary

\In*dulge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indulged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Indulging}.] [L. indulgere to be kind or tender to one; cf. OIr. dilgud, equiv. to L. remissio, OIr. dligeth, equiv. to L. lex, Goth. dulgs debt.] 1. To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain; (a) when said of a habit, desire, etc.: to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations; (b) when said of a person: to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure. Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly. --Atterbury. 2. To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request. Persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners. --Jer. Taylor. Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night! --Pope. Note: It is remarked by Johnson, that if the matter of indulgence is a single thing, it has with before it; if it is a habit, it has in; as, he indulged himself with a glass of wine or a new book; he indulges himself in idleness or intemperance. See {Gratify}.
\In*dulge"\, v. i. To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to. ``Willing to indulge in easy vices.'' --Johnson.

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