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
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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.
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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
By James Champlin Fernald
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