Indulge

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Indulge [1]

(1):

(v. t.) To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain

(2):

(v. t.) to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;

(3):

(v. t.) To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(v. t.) 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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