To dandle, fondle, caress. Obsolete.

transitive. To treat (a person, esp. a child) in an overindulgent way; to coddle, indulge. Now English regional.

To make too much of, pamper, pet. Obsolete.

transitive. To pamper; to feed up.

transitive. To pet, fondle, caress, make much of. Also absol.

transitive. To indulge or pamper (a person); to make (a person) proud or self-important by flattery or indulgence. Also: to coddle (a person…

transitive. gen. To lavish attention, comfort, and kindness on; to spoil with luxury; to bring up in a fine or luxurious manner. Formerly also with up…

transitive. To pamper, coddle, overindulge (a person); to dress (oneself) with great care.

transitive. To fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, pamper; to tend carefully, nurse, cherish.

transitive. To coddle or overindulge (a person); = cocker, v.1 1.

figurative. To make much of, pet, fondle, pamper.

transitive. To overindulge, cosset, or pamper (a person, esp. a child); to bring up in this way. Cf. cocker, v.1 1, cockney, n. 2. Obsolete.

transitive. To treat (a person or animal) with indulgence; to pamper. Also with up. Now Indian English.

To make a pet of; to pet, fondle, caress; to treat endearingly or with blandishment. Obsolete.

to coax up: to cocker up, coddle up. Obsolete.

With adverbs. to flatter in (nonce-use): to usher in or help forward with flattery. to flatter up: †(a) to indulge unduly, pamper, ‘coddle’; (b) to…

transitive. With up: To pamper or indulge with dainties.

transitive. To make a pet of, treat as a pet; to indulge; to fondle, to stroke.

transitive. To treat as a cosset; to fondle, caress, pet, indulge, pamper.

transitive. To pamper, cosset, or overindulge (a person); = coddle, v.2 Also with up.

transitive. To make much of (a child), pet, caress.

transitive. To pet, fondle, indulge; to coax, to nurture by cosseting and pampering. Now Scottish.

transitive. To treat (a person) in an indulgent or overprotective way; to pamper, cosset, overindulge. Formerly sometimes with up. Also figurative.

(transitive) to reward or pacify with sweetmeats; hence, to pet, cosset.

transitive. To pat, fondle, make much of. dialect.

A bustle or commotion out of proportion to the occasion; a needless or excessive display of concern about anything; ostentatious or officious…

transitive. To bring up (a child, an animal) by hand. Also: to spoil, pamper.

= pamper, v.

transitive. To coddle or pamper (a person); to treat in an overindulgent or excessively protective way. Also occasionally intransitive.

transitive. To pamper.

transitive. To treat with indulgent fondness, pamper; to cocker or coddle up.

transitive. To treat (a person) like a pet cat; to mollycoddle. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. = mollycoddle, v.