transitive. With in. To indulge or humour (a person) with regard to a foolish or reprehensible desire, tendency, or belief. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > authority > lack of strictness > lessen in strictness or severity [verb (transitive)] > indulge (10) to cocker up1550 transitive. With in. To indulge or humour (a person) with regard to a foolish or reprehensible desire, tendency, or belief. Obsolete. soothe1569 To confirm, encourage, or humour (a person) in something by expressing assent or approval. cock1570 transitive. To indulge, pamper (a person) with something. cocker1571 transitive. With in. To indulge or humour (a person) with regard to a reprehensible desire, tendency, or course of action. Obsolete. soothe1573 Similarly with up. Obsolete. humour1598 transitive. In extended use. To comply with the peculiar nature or exigencies of (a thing); to adapt or accommodate oneself to; to act in compliance… indulge1660 To treat (a person) with such favour, kindness, or complaisance as he has no claim to, but desires or likes; to gratify by compliance, or by absence… gratify1662 To please by compliance; to give free course to; to humour, indulge, satisfy (a desire, feeling, etc.); †to comply with (a request, a command), to… Subcategories:— over-indulge (2) |
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