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(indulges, indulging, indulged) 1. If you indulge in something or if you indulge yourself, you allow yourself to have or do something that you know you will enjoy. Only rarely will she indulge in a glass of wine... He returned to Britain so that he could indulge his passion for football... You can indulge yourself without spending a fortune. VERB: V in n, V n, V pron-refl, also V 2. If you indulge someone, you let them have or do what they want, even if this is not good for them. He did not agree with indulging children. = spoil VERB: V n
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1.
verb (~d; indulging) Etymology: Latin indulgere to be complaisant Date: circa 1623 transitive verb 1. a. to give free rein to b. to take unrestrained pleasure in ; gratify 2. a. to yield to the desire of ; humor please ~ me for a moment b. to treat with excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration intransitive verb to ~ oneself • ~r noun Synonyms: ~, pamper, humor, spoil, baby, mollycoddle mean to show undue favor to a person's desires and feelings. ~ implies excessive compliance and weakness in gratifying another's or one's own desires ~d myself with food at the slightest excuse. pamper implies inordinate gratification of desire for luxury and comfort with consequent enervating effect pampered by the amenities of modern living. humor stresses a yielding to a person's moods or whims humored him by letting him tell the story. spoil stresses the injurious effects on character by indulging or pampering foolish parents spoil their children. baby suggests excessive care, attention, or solicitude babying students by grading too easily. mollycoddle suggests an excessive degree of care and attention to another's health or welfare refused to mollycoddle her malingering son. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
v. 1 intr. (often foll. by in) take pleasure freely. 2 tr. yield freely to (a desire etc.). 3 tr. gratify the wishes of; favour (indulged them with money). 4 intr. colloq. take alcoholic liquor. Derivatives indulger n. Etymology: L indulgere indult- give free rein to ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. быть снисходительным (к кому-либо); потворствовать; разг. потакать to indulge smb.'s desires —- потакать чьим-либо желаниям 2. доставить себе удовольствие, не отказать себе (в удовольствии); позволить себе to indulge in amusements —- предаваться удовольствиям 3. (with) доставлять удовольствие, развлекать he indulged the company with a song —- он развлекал компанию пением 4. разг. выпивать I'm afraid he indulges too much —- я боюсь, что он много пьет 5. ком. дать отсрочку платежа по векселю ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
v. 1) позволять себе удовольствие; давать себе волю (в чем-л.) to indulge in bicycling - увлекаться ездой на велосипеде to indulge in a cigar (in a nap) - с удовольствием выкурить сигару (вздремнуть) 2) доставлять удовольствие he indulged the company with a song - он доставил всем удовольствие своим пением 3) быть снисходительным; потворствовать, баловать, потакать you cant indulge every creature - на всех не угодишь 4) coll. сильно пить Im afraid he indulges too much - я боюсь, что он злоупотребляет спиртным 5) comm. дать отсрочку платежа по векселю Syn: see pamper ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 to let yourself do or have something that you enjoy, especially something that is considered bad for you + in (Most of us were too busy to indulge in heavy lunchtime drinking. | Eva had never been one to indulge in self pity.) indulge yourself (I haven't had strawberries and cream for a long time, so I'm really going to indulge myself. (=eat a lot) | indulge sth) (Ray has enough money to indulge his taste for expensive wines.) 2 to let someone have or do whatever they want, even if it is bad for them (indulge sb's every whim) (His mother pampered and spoiled him, indulging his every whim.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1623, back-formation from indulgence (mid-14c.) "freeing from temporal punishment for sin," from L. indulgentia "complaisance, fondness, remission," from indulgentem, prp. of indulgere "be kind, yield," of unknown origin. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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