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1. (v.t.) indulge
to yield to or gratify (desires, feelings, etc.).
2. indulge
to yield to the wishes or whims of; be lenient or permissive with.
3. indulge
to allow to follow one's will or inclination:
to indulge oneself in reckless spending.
4. (v.i.) indulge
to yield to an inclination or desire; indulge oneself (often fol. by in):
indulged in a bit of humor.
Etymology: (1630–40; < L indulgēre to be lenient (toward), accede)
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| Definition of 'indulge' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) indulge
give free rein to
"The writer indulged in metaphorical language"
2. (verb) gratify, pander, indulge
yield (to); give satisfaction to
3. (verb) indulge, luxuriate
enjoy to excess
"She indulges in ice cream"
4. (verb) pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
treat with excessive indulgence
"grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
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1. (verb) indulge
to allow to do or have sth enjoyable, even though it may be harmful
I indulged myself with a slice of chocolate cake.; He was always indulging in jokes at the expense of others.
2. indulge
to allow sb to have or do whatever they want
She indulges her children.
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| Definition of 'indulge' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) indulge
to be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
2. (verb) indulge
to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;
3. (verb) indulge
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
4. (verb) indulge
to grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request
5. (verb) indulge
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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Sense: to allow (a person) to do or have what he wishes
You shouldn't indulge that child.
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 Afrikaans: bederf |
 Arabic: يُدَلِّل، يَتَساهَل مع |
 Bulgarian: позволявам |
 Brazilian: mimar |
 Czech: rozmazlovat |
 German: nachgeben |
 Danish: forkæle; forvænne |
 Greek: κακομαθαίνω |
 Spanish: consentir |
 Estonian: hellitama |
 Farsi: لوس کردن |
 Finnish: hemmotella |
 French: gâter |
 Hebrew: לְפַנֵק |
 Hindi: का मन रखना |
 Croatian: popuštati |
 Hungarian: elkényeztet |
 Indonesian: memanjakan |
 Icelandic: láta eftir, dekra við |
 Italian: assecondare; viziare |
 Japanese: 甘やかす |
 Korean: 만족시키다 |
 Lithuanian: pataikauti, nuolaidžiauti |
 Latvian: izdabāt |
 Malay: memanjakan |
 Dutch: zijn zin geven |
 Norwegian: forkjæle, føye, skjemme b |
 Polish: ulegać |
 Persian: لوس کردن |
 Pashto: هيله لرل، غوښتل كيدل: دهي |
 Portuguese: estragar |
 Romanian: a răsfăţa |
 Russian: потакать |
 Slovak: rozmaznávať |
 Slovenian: razvajati |
 Serbian: povlađivati |
 Swedish: vara efterlåten mot, skäm |
 Thai: ยอมตามใจ |
 Turkish: şımartmak, müsamaha etmek |
 Taiwanese: 縱容 |
 Ukrainian: балувати, потурати |
 Urdu: کسی کی خواہش پوری کرنا |
 Vietnamese: nuông chiều |
 Chinese: 纵容 |
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