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Definitions for: 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!"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, gratify, luxuriate, mollycoddle, pamper, pander, spoil
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
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