Both Uses
pander
in
The Merry Wives of Windsor
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- O you panderly rascals!†
Scene 4.2
- Marry, sir, we'll bring you to Windsor, to one Master Brook, that you have cozened of money, to whom you should have been a pander: over and above that you have suffered, I think to repay that money will be a biting affliction.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(pander) to pretend to agree with someone to make them happy
or:
to or help fulfill the wishes of another while thinking those wishes are not for the best -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, pander may refer to the legal crime of selling obscene or pornographic material -- as in: "She was charged with pandering pornography."