Definition of Indulges

1. Verb. (third-person singular of indulge) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Indulges

1. indulge [v] - See also: indulge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indulges

induing
indulge
indulged
indulgement
indulgements
indulgence
indulgenced
indulgences
indulgencing
indulgency
indulgent
indulgential
indulgently
indulger
indulgers
indulges (current term)
indulging
indulgingly
indulin
indulin -50415
induline
indulines
indulinophil
indulins
indult
indults
indument
indumentum
induna
indunas

Literary usage of Indulges

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (1909)
"COMSTOCK indulges IN "FRILLS," AND BILLY REAPPEARS IT WAS Wesley Sinton who really wrestled with ..."

2. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"One gratifies his desires or appetites and indulges his humors, or indulges in pleasures: by the former, one seeks to get the pleasure which the desire ..."

3. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"1, whicli(/) power, -which the legislature indulges with caution, and which nothing but the legislature can perform.(17) (0 Sec the introduction to the ..."

4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"The Rhymester, muling in City Slums, indulges in Elegiacs concerning possible Elysia for the City Children. " The value of (mall open «paces in ..."

5. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"He indulges the hope that these additions to the work may be found to render it more useful to the reader, and make it more worthy of the favor with which ..."

6. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... we may be taught moderation, but yet for his own safety's -sake would have it escape destruction, he indulges a wish beyond the limit of human power. ..."

7. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"He is very temperate in his diet, and the only luxury he indulges himself in, is a few glasses of punch after supper. ..."

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