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indulge
verb
1 indulge
2 indulge
Yield (to); give satisfaction to.
synonyms: gratify, pander.
Roget 829:
cause pleasure,
produce pleasure,
create pleasure,
give pleasure,
afford pleasure,
procure pleasure,
offer pleasure,
present pleasure,
yield pleasure
etc.
827.
please,
charm,
delight,
becharm†,
imparadise†;
gladden
etc.
(make cheerful)
836;
take,
captivate,
fascinate;
enchant,
entrance,
enrapture,
transport,
bewitch;
enravish†.
bless,
beatify;
satisfy;
gratify,
desire;
etc.
865;
slake,
satiate,
quench;
indulge,
humor,
flatter,
tickle;
tickle the palate
etc.
(savory)
394;
regale,
refresh;
enliven;
treat;
amuse
etc.
840;
take one's fancy,
tickle one's fancy,
hit one's fancy;
meet one's wishes;
win the heart,
gladden the heart,
rejoice the heart,
warm the cockles of the heart;
do one's heart good.
attract,
allure
etc.
(move)
615;
stimulate
etc.
(excite)
824;
interest.
make things pleasant,
popularize,
gild the pill,
sugar-coat the pill,
sweeten.
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Roget 760:
permit;
give permission
etc.
n.,
give power;
let,
allow,
admit;
suffer,
bear with,
tolerate,
recognize;
concede
etc.
762;
accord,
vouchsafe,
favor,
humor,
gratify,
indulge,
stretch a point;
wink at,
connive at;
shut one's eyes to.
grant,
empower,
charter,
enfranchise,
privilege,
confer a privilege,
license,
authorize,
warrant;
sanction;
intrust
etc.
(commission)
755.
give carte blanche [Fr.],
give the reins to,
give scope to
etc.
(freedom)
748;
leave alone,
leave it to one,
leave the door open;
open the door to,
open the flood gates;
give a loose to.
let off;
absolve
etc.
(acquit)
970;
release,
exonerate,
dispense with.
ask permission,
beg permission,
request permission,
ask leave,
beg leave,
request leave.
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Dutch: zwichten (voor de verleiding), toegeven
3 indulge
Enjoy to excess:
— She indulges in ice cream.
synonym: luxuriate.
4 indulge
Treat with excessive indulgence.
synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil.
Roget 954:
be intemperate
etc.
adj.;
indulge,
exceed;
live well,
live high,
live high on the fat of the land,
live it up,
live high on the hog;
give a loose to indulgence
etc.
n.;
wallow in voluptuousness
etc.
n.;
plunge into dissipation.
revel;
rake,
live hard,
run riot,
sow one's wild oats;
slake one's appetite,
slake one's thirst;
swill;
pamper.
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Roget 740:
be lenient
etc.
adj.;
tolerate,
bear with;
parcere subjectis [Lat.],
give quarter.
indulge,
allow one to have his own way,
spoil.
Dutch: vertroetelen, verwennen
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