| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Indulge.[Websters]
2. To have ruined, impaired or wandered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To be humoured. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have sufficed or fulfilled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To be delighted or pleased. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be pampered or featherbedded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have suited or accommodated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have injured or destroyed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To be privileged, advantaged or interested. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have supplied or afforded.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb indulge.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (indulge) | 1. Give free rein to; "The writer indulged in metaphorical language".[Wordnet]. 2. Enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream".[Wordnet]. 3. Treat with excessive indulgence.[Wordnet]. 4. Yield (to); give satisfaction to.[Wordnet]. 5. To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain.[Websters]. 6. To give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;.[Websters]. 7. 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.[Websters]. 8. To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.[Websters]. 9. 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.[Websters]. 10. Base verb from the following inflections: indulging, indulged, indulges, indulger, indulgers, indulgingly and indulgedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being delighted.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being privileged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being cherished. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being debauched, polluted or bastardized. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being debased or garbled.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "INDULGED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Specialty Definition: INDULGED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] Permitted to be and to operate without check or control; as love of pleasure indulged to excess.. | 2: [Verb] Gratified; yielded to; humored in wishes or desires; as a child indulged by his parents.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of indulge. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: INDULGED
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine | The Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine (酒中八仙 in pinyin: jiǔzhōng bāxīan) are Tang Dynasty scholars who liked to drink. They are not deified. The term is used by Du Fu in his poem. It is also used in the biography of Li Bo in the New Tang Book (新唐書). (references) | ||
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