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indulge (verb), indulges; indulged; indulging
1. To yield to the desires and whims that a person has; especially, to an excessive degree: Shirley simply had to indulge her craving for chocolate by eating too much of it.
2. To allow oneself an unrestrained gratification: Henry indulged himself with idle daydreams of how successful he would be after he completed his college degree.
3. Etymology: "to yield to the wishes of; to humor"; probably, in part, a back formation from indulgent, indulgence; and, in part, borrowed from Latin indulgere, "to be kind, to yield, to bestow a favor, to concede, to allow".
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2. To allow oneself an unrestrained gratification: Henry indulged himself with idle daydreams of how successful he would be after he completed his college degree.
3. Etymology: "to yield to the wishes of; to humor"; probably, in part, a back formation from indulgent, indulgence; and, in part, borrowed from Latin indulgere, "to be kind, to yield, to bestow a favor, to concede, to allow".
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indulged
1. Having yielded to the desires and whims of something; especially, to an excessive degree.
2. Yielded to; gratified: "So many people indulged their craving for chocolate at the party to such a degree that there was nothing left for any late comers."
3. Unrestrained gratification: "She indulged herself with idle daydreams."
4. In the Roman Catholic Church, having granted an ecclesiastical indulgence or dispensation for the remission of temporal punishment which is still due for a sin that has been sacramentally absolved.
2. Yielded to; gratified: "So many people indulged their craving for chocolate at the party to such a degree that there was nothing left for any late comers."
3. Unrestrained gratification: "She indulged herself with idle daydreams."
4. In the Roman Catholic Church, having granted an ecclesiastical indulgence or dispensation for the remission of temporal punishment which is still due for a sin that has been sacramentally absolved.