Indulge is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for INDULGE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to yield to the desire of
• allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of
• become involved in (an activity, typically one that is undesirable or disapproved of)
• allow oneself to enjoy a particular pleasure, especially that of alcohol
• satisfy or yield freely to (a desire or interest)
• allow (someone) to enjoy something desired
• allow oneself pleasure
• To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
• to give free course to; to give one\'s self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;
• to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one\'s self with a rest or in pleasure.
• To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
• To indulge one\'s self; to gratify one\'s tastes or desires; esp., to give one\'s self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.
• give free rein to
• yield (to); give satisfaction to
• enjoy to excess
• treat with excessive indulgence

Words related to INDULGE

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Words that contain INDULGE

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How to use INDULGE in a sentence

• Always short of money as they were, they could only and by dint of great sacrifices indulge in a species of make-believe luxury.
• There is so much that is sad and stern in life that we need sometimes to lay down its burdens and indulge in innocent amusements.
• What you said on that point was but to indulge in declamation, and to round off a paragraph.
• Educators and parents are now recognizing the value of outdoor trips for their children and are beginning to indulge in them quite frequently.
• After this series of bad starts, anyone inclined to indulge in forebodings would have predicted the certainty of their becoming prey for the submarines on the way over.
• I could here pause with pleasure, and invite the Reader to indulge with me in contemplation of the advantages which must have attended such a practice.
• Yet, while thus fanatical himself, Ziska would not permit his followers to indulge in insane excesses of religious zeal.
• This knight loved pleasure and wild living, and would indulge his whims and passions without regard to cost.
• By these laws cooks were appointed, of whom I was made chief, and it became an offence, punishable by death, for any except those duly qualified to indulge in cooking.
• I shall indulge in no theorisings whatever, but stick to the facts, facts which can now be ascertained with certainty.
• Miss Vrain, however, was too much disturbed by the news he had brought her to indulge in frivolous talk.
• Pink squatted comfortably in the shade of a willow and wished he dared indulge in a cigarette, and wondered what scheme Harry was trying to play.
• Hence we may indulge in almost every fitting style of architecture and arrangement, to which either kind of these materials are best adapted.
• I cannot let my mother suffer, even to indulge what has been for a long time the great dream of my life.
• The graceful mute could only indulge in airy pantomime, point to the skies and ocean, or press his hand to his heart in token of fidelity.
• As a consequence of this close application to study, the children used to long for Sunday to come round, in order that they might indulge themselves a little longer in bed.
• Whosoever thou art, whose eyes drink in this sad and moving tale, indulge one tear.
• The arch rebel knew how strongly dramatic effect appealed to his audience, so he was prepared to indulge them to the full in this respect, and turn the matter to account.
• A world-famous individual is not so unwise as to indulge a variety of wishes to divide his regards.
• Science is a great disciplinarian, and misses much of the sport which the absolute is free to indulge in.
• Not that sinners are to neglect the means of grace, or indulge in sin.
• I seldom indulge in stock speculation, but was induced to buy two thousand shares of this security on what I believed to be inside information.

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