'Indulge' definitions:
Definition of 'indulge'
From: WordNet
verb
Give free rein to; "The writer indulged in metaphorical language"
verb
verb
Enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream" [syn: indulge, luxuriate]
verb
Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]
Definition of 'Indulge'
From: GCIDE
- Indulge \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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request. [1913 Webster]
- Persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night! --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Indulge'
From: GCIDE
- Indulge \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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'indulge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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