INDULGE
\ɪndˈʌld͡ʒ], \ɪndˈʌldʒ], \ɪ_n_d_ˈʌ_l_dʒ]\
Definitions of INDULGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
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yield (to); give satisfaction to
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enjoy to excess
By Princeton University
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treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
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yield (to); give satisfaction to
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enjoy to excess
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
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to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;
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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.
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To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
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to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;
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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.
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To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman