indulgev.

Brit.

/ɪnˈdʌldʒ/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈdəldʒ/

Forms: Also 1700s endulge.

Etymology: < Latin indulgēre (intransitive with dative) to be courteous or complaisant, to be kind or indulgent, to yield, give oneself up (to), indulge in; (with accusative and dative) to bestow as a favour, to concede, grant, allow. The verb was adopted in 17th cent. in several of the Latin senses, the way having been prepared by the earlier use of indulgence, indulgent.

I. Transitive.

a. 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 of restraint or strictness; to humour by yielding to the wishes of. (The personal object represents Latin dative.) Const. in.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of strictness > lessen in strictness or severity [verb (transitive)] > indulge

to cocker up1550

soothe1569

cock1570

cocker1571

soothe1573

humour1598

indulge1660

gratify1662

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] > by indulgence

humour1598

indulgiate1615

pleasant1628

indulge1660

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 116 in Justice Vindicated King Charles had not the same Reason of State to indulge the House of Commons.

1661 A. Marvell Let. 6 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 22 In the matter of your two Companyes..he is willing to indulge you.

1749 C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems II. i. 37 Indulge us, Lord, in this Request.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xvi. 248 The fact is, St. Clare indulges every creature under this roof but his own wife.

b. reflexive. To give free course to one's inclination or liking; to gratify oneself, take one's pleasure. Const. in (†in first quot.to: cf. 7).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > seek one's own interest [verb (reflexive)] > indulge oneself

riota1393

allow1608

indulge1659

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (ciii. 14 Paraphr.) 506 [They] do not indulge themselves to any deliberate sin.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. Introd. p. vi There are Some, who,..indulge themselves in vain and idle speculations.

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 181 Pleasing anticipations, in which he indulged himself.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 145 Why so fain to indulge thee in this wild passion of woe?

c. To favour or gratify (a person) with something given or granted.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] > with or by something given

regale1671

indulge1790

1790 W. Wrighte Grotesque Archit. 9 The author hopes he may be indulged with observing, that he hath..seen a fine piece of water in the park.

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. E. India House 146/1 Mr. Henchman gave notice of a motion..to indulge Mr. Dundas, during his life, with the house in Downing Street.

d. figurative.

ΚΠ

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 Indulge his Growth, and his gaunt sides supply.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 175. ⁋1 I have allowed Tale-Bearers to indulge the Intervals of my Female Patients.

1752 E. Young Brothers i. i The sword by both too much indulg'd in blood.

1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 39 How jocular the bells as They Indulge the peccant shore.

2. To grant an indulgence, privilege, or dispensation to: see indulgence n. II.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit as an indulgence > indulge with permission

gracea1450

favour1549

indulge1662

1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast 57 In holy Lent the Lord hath indulged these two weekly daies [Saturday, and Lord's day].

1673 W. Coventry Speech House Commons 14 Feb. in A. Grey Debates (1769) II. 30 Some are for indulging Protestant Subjects only, and some for extending it to Catholic subjects.

1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists 37 When His Majesty was moved to grant an Indulgence, the indulged were to give their Names, and their Places.

1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 105 Mr. Rate, then Minister of Dundee, an Indulg'd Presbyterian.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality v, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 92 My uncle..is of opinion, that we enjoy a reasonable freedom of conscience under the indulged clergyman.

a1832 J. Mackintosh Hist. Revol. Eng. (1834) v. 148 A declaration for indulging Nonconformists in matters ecclesiastical.

3. To gratify (a desire or inclination); to give free course to, give way to, yield to, give oneself up to. Sometimes in weaker sense: To entertain, cherish, foster.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pref. 3 To indulge my own fancy, I began to compile this work.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 61 Saylors..crown their Vessels, then indulge their Ease.

1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xxii. 295 Delusive hopes which he had long fondly indulged.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xxxiii. 252 He indulged the sterner passions of anger and revenge.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §5. 140 The fall of Hubert de Burgh enabled him to indulge his preference for aliens.

4. To bestow or grant (something) as a favour, or as a matter of free grace; to allow or concede as an indulgence. Const. unto, to, indirect object. Now rare.In passive, something must be indulged to = some indulgence must be shown to.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit as an indulgence

grantc1250

vouchsafe1338

indulgence1599

indult1615

indulge1638

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 164 He indulged unto you, O Lysippe, to conceive him great.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 337 Somthing must be indulged unto the wits of great Masters..onely that we doe excuse small mistakes in them.

1649 E. Sparke in J. Shute Sarah & Hagar To Rdr. sig. a4 Scarce indulging himself necessary Relaxations.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. v. 126 On Benhadads feigned submission he indulged life unto him.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 16 In This the Duke resumed the same impetuosity, he had so much indulged to Himself in the debate of the journey.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xix. 219 In the Conclusion of the Queen's Letters Patents where she indulged the Colleges that Liberty.

1774 S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Law Pref. (1795) 11 A Valuable privilege is likewise indulged to Graduates in this faculty.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 182 In the utterance of great passions, something must be indulged to the extravagance of Nature.

5. Commerce. To grant an indulgence on (a bill); to allow (a person) an extension of the time within which a bill is to be met. Cf. indulgence n. 5.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > use bills of exchange

protest1479

retire1610

imprest1617

to take up1655

honour1664

discount1671

indulge1766

dishonour1811

cover1866

sight1866

protect1884

1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 341 An inland bill may be indulged before protesting.

1827 Chitty Bills of Exchange (ed. 7) 298 Though the giving time to an acceptor or indorser, will thus in general discharge all subsequent indorsers, who would be entitled to resort to the party indulged, the giving time to a subsequent indorser, will not discharge a prior indorser.

II. Intransitive.

†6. to indulge to: to grant indulgence to, to give free course to, give way to, gratify (a propensity, etc. = 3; rarely, a person = 1). Originally = Latin intransitive use with dative; but in later use coinciding in sense with to indulge in at sense 7. Also with indirect passive. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 124 By a soft and delicate life, by indulgeing to bodily things.

1674 Govt. Tongue vi. §5. 124 There lies sure no obligations upon any man, to wrong himself, to indulge to another.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 47 He indulged still too much to those importunate, and insatiate appetites.

a1779 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (new ed.) ix. Introd., in Wks. (1788) IV. 33 By indulging too much to abstract speculation.

1790 G. Walker Serm. Var. Subj. II. xxii. 149 Indulging to a worldly spirit at the throne of grace.

7. to indulge in (elliptical for to indulge oneself in, 1b): To give free course to one's inclination for; to gratify one's desire or appetite for; to take one's pleasure freely in (an action, course of conduct, etc., or a material luxury). †In first quot., to dwell with pleasure on. Also with indirect passive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased with [verb (transitive)] > dwell with pleasure on

to indulge in1706

reverie1961

1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example v. i. 58 While my transported Soul indulges on the Thought.

1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville II. 189 The tears we shed are charming, we even indulge in them.

a1784 Johnson (Webster 1828) Most men are more willing to indulge in easy vices, than to practice laborious virtues.

1836 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion ii. i. 197 Bodily exercise and exposure to the open air are more indulged in.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliv. 478 Any little amusement in which he could indulge.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xiv. 268 Some of the gentlemen strolled a little and indulged in a cigar.

1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 96 Card-playing..is only indulged in by the less reputable of the community.

8. To gratify a desire, appetite, etc.; to take one's pleasure; spec. to ‘partake’, i.e. (too) freely of intoxicants (colloquial).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > seek or look after one's own interest [verb (intransitive)] > indulge oneself

carve1596

indulgea1718

ego-trip1969

head trip1974

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)]

to drink deepa1300

bousec1300

bibc1400

to drink drunk1474

quaff1520

to set cock on the hoopa1535

boll1535

quass1549

tipple1560

swillc1563

carouse1567

guzzle1579

fuddle1588

overdrink1603

to drink the three outs1622

to bouse it1623

sota1639

drifflec1645

to drink like a fisha1653

tope1668

soak1687

to play at swig1688

to soak one's clay (or face)1704

impote1721

rosin1730

dram1740

booze1768

to suck (also sup) the monkey1785

swattle1785

lush1811

to lift up the little finger1812

to lift one's (or the) elbow1823

to crook one's elbow or little finger1825

jollify1830

to bowse up the jib1836

swizzle1847

peg1874

to hit the booze, bottle, jug, pot1889

to tank up1902

sozzle1937

to belt the bottle1941

indulge1953

a1718 T. Parnell Poems Several Occasions (1721) 125 Wretch that I was! I might have warn'd the Dame, Yet sat indulging as the Danger came.

1953 P. C. Berg Dict. New Words 96/2 Indulge, to take alcoholic liquors without restraint.

1973 P. O'Donnell Silver Mistress xv. 250 Tarrant..took out his cigar case. He had not indulged all night.

Derivatives

indulgeable adj.

/ɪnˈdʌldʒəb(ə)l/ fit to be indulged.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted > able to be given indulgent permission

indulgeable1791

1791 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 20/2 He was qualified by law, as well as indulgeable in reason and equity, for non-residence.

† inˈdulgement n. Obsolete = indulgence n.

ΚΠ

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 381 Giving himself the liberty of too frequent indulgments.

a1846 Penny Mag. cited in Worcester for Indulgment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	indulge
释义	indulgev. Brit. /ɪnˈdʌldʒ/, U.S. /ᵻnˈdəldʒ/ Forms: Also 1700s endulge. Etymology: < Latin indulgēre (intransitive with dative) to be courteous or complaisant, to be kind or indulgent, to yield, give oneself up (to), indulge in; (with accusative and dative) to bestow as a favour, to concede, grant, allow. The verb was adopted in 17th cent. in several of the Latin senses, the way having been prepared by the earlier use of indulgence, indulgent. I. Transitive. 1. a. 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 of restraint or strictness; to humour by yielding to the wishes of. (The personal object represents Latin dative.) Const. in. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > lessen in strictness or severity [verb (transitive)] > indulge to cocker up1550 soothe1569 cock1570 cocker1571 soothe1573 humour1598 indulge1660 gratify1662 the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] > by indulgence humour1598 indulgiate1615 pleasant1628 indulge1660 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 116 in Justice Vindicated King Charles had not the same Reason of State to indulge the House of Commons. 1661 A. Marvell Let. 6 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 22 In the matter of your two Companyes..he is willing to indulge you. 1749 C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems II. i. 37 Indulge us, Lord, in this Request. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xvi. 248 The fact is, St. Clare indulges every creature under this roof but his own wife. b. reflexive. To give free course to one's inclination or liking; to gratify oneself, take one's pleasure. Const. in (†in first quot.to: cf. 7). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > seek one's own interest [verb (reflexive)] > indulge oneself riota1393 allow1608 indulge1659 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (ciii. 14 Paraphr.) 506 [They] do not indulge themselves to any deliberate sin. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. Introd. p. vi There are Some, who,..indulge themselves in vain and idle speculations. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 181 Pleasing anticipations, in which he indulged himself. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 145 Why so fain to indulge thee in this wild passion of woe? c. To favour or gratify (a person) with something given or granted. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] > with or by something given regale1671 indulge1790 1790 W. Wrighte Grotesque Archit. 9 The author hopes he may be indulged with observing, that he hath..seen a fine piece of water in the park. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. E. India House 146/1 Mr. Henchman gave notice of a motion..to indulge Mr. Dundas, during his life, with the house in Downing Street. d. figurative. ΚΠ 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 Indulge his Growth, and his gaunt sides supply. View more context for this quotation 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 175. ⁋1 I have allowed Tale-Bearers to indulge the Intervals of my Female Patients. 1752 E. Young Brothers i. i The sword by both too much indulg'd in blood. 1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 39 How jocular the bells as They Indulge the peccant shore. 2. To grant an indulgence, privilege, or dispensation to: see indulgence n. II. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit as an indulgence > indulge with permission gracea1450 favour1549 indulge1662 1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast 57 In holy Lent the Lord hath indulged these two weekly daies [Saturday, and Lord's day]. 1673 W. Coventry Speech House Commons 14 Feb. in A. Grey Debates (1769) II. 30 Some are for indulging Protestant Subjects only, and some for extending it to Catholic subjects. 1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists 37 When His Majesty was moved to grant an Indulgence, the indulged were to give their Names, and their Places. 1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 105 Mr. Rate, then Minister of Dundee, an Indulg'd Presbyterian. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality v, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 92 My uncle..is of opinion, that we enjoy a reasonable freedom of conscience under the indulged clergyman. a1832 J. Mackintosh Hist. Revol. Eng. (1834) v. 148 A declaration for indulging Nonconformists in matters ecclesiastical. 3. To gratify (a desire or inclination); to give free course to, give way to, yield to, give oneself up to. Sometimes in weaker sense: To entertain, cherish, foster. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pref. 3 To indulge my own fancy, I began to compile this work. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 61 Saylors..crown their Vessels, then indulge their Ease. View more context for this quotation 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xxii. 295 Delusive hopes which he had long fondly indulged. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xxxiii. 252 He indulged the sterner passions of anger and revenge. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §5. 140 The fall of Hubert de Burgh enabled him to indulge his preference for aliens. 4. To bestow or grant (something) as a favour, or as a matter of free grace; to allow or concede as an indulgence. Const. unto, to, indirect object. Now rare.In passive, something must be indulged to = some indulgence must be shown to. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit as an indulgence grantc1250 vouchsafe1338 indulgence1599 indult1615 indulge1638 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 164 He indulged unto you, O Lysippe, to conceive him great. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 337 Somthing must be indulged unto the wits of great Masters..onely that we doe excuse small mistakes in them. 1649 E. Sparke in J. Shute Sarah & Hagar To Rdr. sig. a4 Scarce indulging himself necessary Relaxations. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. v. 126 On Benhadads feigned submission he indulged life unto him. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 16 In This the Duke resumed the same impetuosity, he had so much indulged to Himself in the debate of the journey. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xix. 219 In the Conclusion of the Queen's Letters Patents where she indulged the Colleges that Liberty. 1774 S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Law Pref. (1795) 11 A Valuable privilege is likewise indulged to Graduates in this faculty. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 182 In the utterance of great passions, something must be indulged to the extravagance of Nature. 5. Commerce. To grant an indulgence on (a bill); to allow (a person) an extension of the time within which a bill is to be met. Cf. indulgence n. 5. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > use bills of exchange protest1479 retire1610 imprest1617 to take up1655 honour1664 discount1671 indulge1766 dishonour1811 cover1866 sight1866 protect1884 1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 341 An inland bill may be indulged before protesting. 1827 Chitty Bills of Exchange (ed. 7) 298 Though the giving time to an acceptor or indorser, will thus in general discharge all subsequent indorsers, who would be entitled to resort to the party indulged, the giving time to a subsequent indorser, will not discharge a prior indorser. II. Intransitive. †6. to indulge to: to grant indulgence to, to give free course to, give way to, gratify (a propensity, etc. = 3; rarely, a person = 1). Originally = Latin intransitive use with dative; but in later use coinciding in sense with to indulge in at sense 7. Also with indirect passive. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 124 By a soft and delicate life, by indulgeing to bodily things. 1674 Govt. Tongue vi. §5. 124 There lies sure no obligations upon any man, to wrong himself, to indulge to another. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 47 He indulged still too much to those importunate, and insatiate appetites. a1779 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (new ed.) ix. Introd., in Wks. (1788) IV. 33 By indulging too much to abstract speculation. 1790 G. Walker Serm. Var. Subj. II. xxii. 149 Indulging to a worldly spirit at the throne of grace. 7. to indulge in (elliptical for to indulge oneself in, 1b): To give free course to one's inclination for; to gratify one's desire or appetite for; to take one's pleasure freely in (an action, course of conduct, etc., or a material luxury). †In first quot., to dwell with pleasure on. Also with indirect passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased with [verb (transitive)] > dwell with pleasure on to indulge in1706 reverie1961 1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example v. i. 58 While my transported Soul indulges on the Thought. 1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville II. 189 The tears we shed are charming, we even indulge in them. a1784 Johnson (Webster 1828) Most men are more willing to indulge in easy vices, than to practice laborious virtues. 1836 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion ii. i. 197 Bodily exercise and exposure to the open air are more indulged in. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliv. 478 Any little amusement in which he could indulge. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xiv. 268 Some of the gentlemen strolled a little and indulged in a cigar. 1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 96 Card-playing..is only indulged in by the less reputable of the community. 8. To gratify a desire, appetite, etc.; to take one's pleasure; spec. to ‘partake’, i.e. (too) freely of intoxicants (colloquial). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > seek or look after one's own interest [verb (intransitive)] > indulge oneself carve1596 indulgea1718 ego-trip1969 head trip1974 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] to drink deepa1300 bousec1300 bibc1400 to drink drunk1474 quaff1520 to set cock on the hoopa1535 boll1535 quass1549 tipple1560 swillc1563 carouse1567 guzzle1579 fuddle1588 overdrink1603 to drink the three outs1622 to bouse it1623 sota1639 drifflec1645 to drink like a fisha1653 tope1668 soak1687 to play at swig1688 to soak one's clay (or face)1704 impote1721 rosin1730 dram1740 booze1768 to suck (also sup) the monkey1785 swattle1785 lush1811 to lift up the little finger1812 to lift one's (or the) elbow1823 to crook one's elbow or little finger1825 jollify1830 to bowse up the jib1836 swizzle1847 peg1874 to hit the booze, bottle, jug, pot1889 to tank up1902 sozzle1937 to belt the bottle1941 indulge1953 a1718 T. Parnell Poems Several Occasions (1721) 125 Wretch that I was! I might have warn'd the Dame, Yet sat indulging as the Danger came. 1953 P. C. Berg Dict. New Words 96/2 Indulge, to take alcoholic liquors without restraint. 1973 P. O'Donnell Silver Mistress xv. 250 Tarrant..took out his cigar case. He had not indulged all night. Derivatives indulgeable adj. /ɪnˈdʌldʒəb(ə)l/ fit to be indulged. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted > able to be given indulgent permission indulgeable1791 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 20/2 He was qualified by law, as well as indulgeable in reason and equity, for non-residence. † inˈdulgement n. Obsolete = indulgence n. ΚΠ 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 381 Giving himself the liberty of too frequent indulgments. a1846 Penny Mag. cited in Worcester for Indulgment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1638
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