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1. Give free rein to
   "The writer indulged in metaphorical language"
    
2. Yield (to); give satisfaction to
   - gratify, pander
    
3. Enjoy to excess
   "She indulges in ice cream";
   - luxuriate
    
4. Treat with excessive indulgence
   "grandparents often indulge the children";
   - pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker [rare], baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, nanny [informal]

Derived forms: indulged, indulges, indulging

Type of: cater, consume, deplete, do by, eat, eat up, exhaust, handle, ply, provide, run through, supply, treat, use up, wipe out

Encyclopedia: Indulge