All 4 Uses of
indulge
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- I'm not drinking, I'm only 'indulging,' as that pig, your Rakitin, says.†
Chpt 3 *indulging = enjoying to excess
- He'll be a civil councilor one day, but he'll always talk about 'indulging.'†
Chpt 3
- He depicted him as a man of weak intellect, with a smattering of education, who had been thrown off his balance by philosophical ideas above his level and certain modern theories of duty, which he learnt in practice from the reckless life of his master, who was also perhaps his father—Fyodor Pavlovitch; and, theoretically, from various strange philosophical conversations with his master's elder son, Ivan Fyodorovitch, who readily indulged in this diversion, probably feeling dull or wishing to amuse himself at the valet's expense.†
Chpt 12indulged = enjoyed to excess
- Remember the sarcasms in which the prosecutor indulged at the expense of the respectful and 'pious' sentiments which suddenly came over the murderer.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
to give in to a desire or allow someone to enjoy or experience something -- especially something pleasurable