Both Uses of
indulge
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- To cast in my lot with Jekyll, was to die to those appetites which I had long secretly indulged and had of late begun to pamper.†
p. 96..1 *
- Nor can I truly say that I wearied of this beneficent and innocent life; I think instead that I daily enjoyed it more completely; but I was still cursed with my duality of purpose; and as the first edge of my penitence wore off, the lower side of me, so long indulged, so recently chained down, began to growl for licence.†
p. 100..4
Definition:
-
(indulge) to give into a desire or enjoy something -- especially in excess of what is thought good--such as a desire to eat too much cake, or be too lazy
or:
to allow or help someone to get their way or enjoy something -- especially something that (probably because of excess) is not considered to be good or proper