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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Indulge (0.00877 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Indulge.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: indulge
memanjakan, menurutkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: indulge
indulge
v 1: give free rein to;
“The writer indulged in metaphorical
language”
2: yield (to); give satisfaction to [syn:
gratify,
pander]
3: enjoy to excess [syn:
luxuriate]
4: treat with excessive indulgence;
“grandparents often pamper
the children”;
“Let's not mollycoddle our students!” [syn:
pamper,
featherbed,
cosset,
cocker,
baby,
coddle,
mollycoddle,
spoil]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Indulge
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.]
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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.
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Hope in another life implies that we indulge
ourselves in the gratifications of this very
sparingly. --Atterbury.
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2. To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in
compliance with a wish or request.
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Persuading us that something must be indulged to
public manners. --Jer. Taylor.
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Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light
Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night! --Pope.
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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.
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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.
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