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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: indulge (0.01189 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.] [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] 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]

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