Word Finder - indulges

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(often followed by "in"): To yield to a temptation or desire.

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He looked at the chocolate but didn't indulge.

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To satisfy the wishes or whims of.

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Grandma indulges the kids with sweets.

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To give way to (a habit or temptation); not to oppose or restrain.

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to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations

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To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.

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To grant as by favour; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.

An avid reader, she also regularly indulgesin retail therapy.

But he indulges in extravagant eulogies of Elizabeth.

But it is obvious to every one who nowadays indulges in the profitless pastime of studying their writings that, as a whole, they failed in grasping the essential difference between homology (or " affinity," as they generally termed it) and analogy - though this difference had been fully understood and set forth by Aristotle himself - and, moreover, that in seeking for analogies on which to base their foregone conclusions they were often put to hard shifts.

Such a sage agrees in his thought with God; he no longer blames either God or man; he fails of nothing which he purposes and falls in with no misfortune unprepared; he indulges in neither anger nor envy nor jealousy; he is leaving manhood for godhead, and in his dead body his thoughts are concerned about his fellowship with God.

Langlois, "is learned, unctuous, ornate, florid, a mysticism which never indulges in dangerous temerities; it is the orthodox mysticism of a subtle and prudent rhetorician."

In the end, Gorak indulges in a couple of ironic plot points that seem unnecessarily morbid.

It indulges in some fairly trenchant analysis on where the industry is heading.

Not every teenager who indulges in drugs and alcohol and who is introverted mulls over the possibility of committing suicide.

Serena admits that she has always been keenly interested in fashion and when not playing tennis, indulges her inner designer by styling clothes.

The Babbling Bayou indulges kids' love of water play with a variety of fun items, such as boats, ducks, toys, and spouts.

There is an air of finality to the character's choices this season and while a time-travel storyline indulges viewers with alternate endings.

She sends her daughter to expensive spas and indulges in material items with little regard for the costs involved.

She is frequently portrayed on the show as a woman who indulges in zealously pampering her dogs.

The Contrat social, as its title implies, endeavours to base all government on the consent, direct or implied, of the governed, and indulges in much ingenious argument to get rid of the practical inconveniences of such a suggestion.

The very pettiness of the details in which the good seneschal indulges as to his own weakness only serves to enhance the sublime unworldliness of the king.