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Verb: overindulge  ,ow-vu(r)-in'dúlj
  1. Eat excessively or gluttonously
    "They overindulged at the holiday feast";
    - gorge, ingurgitate [rare], glut, englut [archaic], stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise [Brit], gourmandize, binge [informal], pig out [informal], satiate, gourmandise [Brit]
     
  2. Treat with excessive indulgence
    "grandparents often overindulge the children";
    - pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker [rare], baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge, nanny [informal]

Derived forms: overindulged, overindulging, overindulges

Type of: do by [Brit], eat, handle, treat