indulge
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin indulgeō (“I indulge”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
indulge (third-person singular simple present indulges, present participle indulging, simple past and past participle indulged)
- (intransitive, often followed by "in"): To yield to a temptation or desire.
- He looked at the chocolate but didn't indulge.
- I indulged in drinking on the weekend.
- (transitive) To satisfy the wishes or whims of.
- Grandma indulges the kids with sweets.
- I love to indulge myself with beautiful clothes.
- Atterbury
- Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly.
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2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London):
- It’s the kind of scenario Peter Sellers might have dreamt up while brushing his teeth, and some of the comic set-pieces – including Nobby’s seduction of a fabulously overweight maid (Gabourey Sidibe) at a luxurious South African hotel – allow Baron Cohen to indulge his Sellersian fantasies to a previously unprecedented degree.
- To give way to (a habit or temptation); not to oppose or restrain.
- to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations
- To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.
- To grant as by favour; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
- Jeremy Taylor
- persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners
- Alexander Pope
- Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light / Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!
- Jeremy Taylor
Synonyms[edit]
- (to satisfy the wishes of): coddle, cosset, pamper, spoil
- See also Wikisaurus:indulge
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to yield to a temptation
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to satisfy the wishes or whims of
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to give way to (a habit or temptation), not to oppose or restrain
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to grant extension to payment
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Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
indulge
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
indulgē
