Both Uses of
indulge
in
Babbitt
- Today he had so passionately indulged in self-approval that he wondered whether he had been entirely just: "After all, Stan isn't a boy any more.†
Chpt 6 *
- But say, when I get out in the tall grass, there's nothing will take but a lot of cheesy old stories and slang and junk that if any of us were to indulge in it here, he'd get the gate so fast it would make his head swim."†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(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