Both Uses of
indulge
in
Great Expectations
- That swindling Pumblechook, exalted into the beneficent contriver of the whole occasion, actually took the top of the table; and, when he addressed them on the subject of my being bound, and had fiendishly congratulated them on my being liable to imprisonment if I played at cards, drank strong liquors, kept late hours or bad company, or indulged in other vagaries which the form of my indentures appeared to contemplate as next to inevitable, he placed me standing on a chair beside him to illustrate his remarks.†
p. 111.3indulged = enjoyed to excess
- "We have been," said Mr. Wopsle, exalted with his late performance,—"we have been indulging, Mr. Orlick, in an intellectual evening."†
p. 125.1 *indulging = enjoying to excess
Definition:
to give in to a desire or allow someone to enjoy or experience something -- especially something pleasurable