Results for indulge

Definitions of indulge:

part of speech: verb transitive

To yield to the wishes of: to allow, as a favor: not to restrain, as the will, etc.

part of speech: verb transitive

To be kind or give way to; humor; give free course to.

part of speech: noun

INDULGER.

part of speech: verb

To suffer; not to restrain or oppose; to grant as a favour; to humour; to yield to the enjoyment or practice of without constraint or control.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To allow one's self.

Usage examples for indulge:

• I had not the slightest physical feeling for him, but I should have been quite willing to indulge him, if he had asked me. "An Anarchist Woman", Hutchins Hapgood

• If you will allow me to say so, you indulge in liquor but are quite moderate in your use of it. "Literary Lapses", Stephen Leacock